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anti- or ant-
pref.
1.
a. Opposite: antimere.
b. Opposing; against: antiapartheid.
c. Counteracting; neutralizing: antacid.
d. Destroying: antiaircraft.
2.
a. Inverse: antilogarithm.
b. Displaying opposite characteristics: antihero.

[Greek, from anti, opposite; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]

anti-
prefix
1. against or opposed to: antiwar
2. opposite to: anticlimax
3. counteracting or neutralizing: antifreeze [Greek]

anti-
A prefix whose basic meaning is "against." It is used to form adjectives that mean "counteracting" (such as antiseptic, preventing infection). It is also used to form nouns referring to substances that counteract other substances (such as antihistamine, a substance counteracting histamine), and nouns meaning "something that displays opposite, reverse, or inverse characteristics of something else" (such as anticyclone, a storm that circulates in the opposite direction from a cyclone). Before a vowel it becomes ant-, as in antacid.
Translations
anti- [ˈæntɪ] prefixanti...

anti-
as part of a word anti- [ӕnti]
1 against, as in anti-aircraft. anti- مُضاد لِ противо- proti- anti- anti... αντι- (ως α΄ συνθ.) anti anti-, vastu-, eba- ضد anti-, vasta-, epä- anti- נֶגֶד विरोधी, प्रतिरोध protu- ellen-, ...elleni penangkal, anti- varnar- anti- 反対- 「대(對)...」라는 뜻의 연결형 anti-, prieš- pret menentang anti- anti-, mot- przeciw, anty- anti- anti­- противо- proti- anti-, proti- protiv- anti- ต่อต้าน bir şeye karşı etkili olan проти-, анти- خلاف ، ضد chống lại
2 the opposite of, as in anticlockwise. anti- ضِد، عَكْس срещу proti modsat; mod gegen αντίθετα anti, contra vastu-, vastupidine پاد päinvastainen inverse הַהֵיפֶך מ- विपरीत suprotno od kazaljke na satu ...elleni berlawanan and-; rangsælis anti- 逆の- 「...의 반대」란 뜻의 연결형 prieš pretēji lawan tegen- motsatt, mot(-) przeciw contra invers анти- proti v nasprotju z anti- mot-, motsatt ตรงกันข้าม karşı, ters протилежний بر خلف ، پرعکس ngược lại


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She brought him the anti- tobacco remedy, purchased out of her glove money, and in a few days forgot all about it.
Class hatred is anti-social, and, it seems to me, anti- socialistic.
 
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