anti

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anti"

English

Etymology

Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ti/
• Rhymes: -ænti
• Homophone: auntie (in some accents)

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

anti (comparative more anti, superlative most anti)

1. Opposed to something.
2. (physical chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

Coordinate terms

• (chemistry): syn

Translations

opposed

• Finnish: vastainen (fi), vastustava (fi)
• German: gegen (de)
• Indonesian: anti (id)
• Polish: anty
• Vietnamese: chống (vi)

that has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

• Finnish: vastustava (fi)
• Portuguese: ante (pt)

Noun

anti (plural antis)

1. A person opposed to a concept or principle.

   Synonyms: opponent, opposer

   • 2002, Thomas Jablonsky, “Female Opposition: The Anti-Suffrage Campaign”, in Jean H. Baker, editor, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited (Viewpoints on American culture), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 121:

     On one occasion, franchise supporters accused antis of dumping lemons, wet sponges, rolls of ticker tape, bags of water, and garbage pails on innocent suffrage supporters parading outside the anti-suffrage offices.

   • 2012, H. Paul Thompson, Jr., A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865–1887, page 222:

     Antis jumped on this announcement, calling it vote buying and indicative of the hypocrisy of prohibitionists who talked incessantly in the first election about the immorality of the antis' vote-buying efforts.

2. (fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds.

   Synonyms: fancop, fandomentalist, fandom Frollo, fanpol, fanti, Frollo

   • 2018, Sarah Leiser, "Throne of Fans: Examining the Roles of Feminism, Platform, and Community in an Online Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of Denver, page 94:

     While I did not directly analyze how the antis define feminism, it appears that they believe Sarah J Maas as an author is a white feminist and therefore unable to write anything feminist.

   • 2019, Emily E. Roach, "Supernatural: Wincest and Dean Winchester's Bisexual Panic", in "From Canon to Politics: Queerbaiting and The CW's Supergirl", in Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities (ed. Joseph Brennan), page 89:

     Other fans or viewers are thus not coded as fans but instead positioned as either homophobic, angry "antis" (even if they ship Johnlock or other queer ships) or as the outsider "casuals" who aren't dedicated or smart or invested enough to properly interpret Sherlock.

   • 2021, Rebecca Williams, A Fan Studies Primer: Method, Research, Ethics‎^[1], page 72:

     The VLD fandom especially has cultivated a definition of antis as ones against a moral or societal ill (e.g., pedophilia, incest).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anti.

Antonyms

• pro

Translations

one opposed

• Esperanto: kontraŭulo
• Finnish: vastustaja (fi)

Preposition

anti

1. (rare) Alternative form of anti-
   • 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 21:

     I do not consider myself either a twitcher or an expert. Neither am I anti twitching.

See also

• anti-

Anagrams

• nait, Atin, ain't, aniṭ, Tian, tain, tian, tina, Tani, aint, Tain, TINA, -itan, NAIT, Tina

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *anti, equivalent to antaa +‎ -i. Cognate with Estonian and.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnti/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪i]
• Rhymes: -ɑnti
• Hyphenation^(key): an‧ti

Noun

anti

1. (finance) offering, issue (of shares, bonds etc).
2. the achieved outcome or result (of a meeting etc.)

Declension

Inflection of anti (Kotus type 5*J/risti, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		anti	annit
genitive		annin	antien
partitive		antia	anteja
illative		antiin	anteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		anti	annit
accusative	nom.	anti	annit
	gen.	annin
genitive		annin	antien
partitive		antia	anteja
inessive		annissa	anneissa
elative		annista	anneista
illative		antiin	anteihin
adessive		annilla	anneilla
ablative		annilta	anneilta
allative		annille	anneille
essive		antina	anteina
translative		anniksi	anneiksi
abessive		annitta	anneitta
instructive		—	annein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of anti (Kotus type 5*J/risti, nt-nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative antini antini accusative nom. antini antini gen. antini genitive antini antieni partitive antiani antejani inessive annissani anneissani elative annistani anneistani illative antiini anteihini adessive annillani anneillani ablative anniltani anneiltani allative annilleni anneilleni essive antinani anteinani translative annikseni anneikseni abessive annittani anneittani instructive — — comitative — anteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative antisi antisi accusative nom. antisi antisi gen. antisi genitive antisi antiesi partitive antiasi antejasi inessive annissasi anneissasi elative annistasi anneistasi illative antiisi anteihisi adessive annillasi anneillasi ablative anniltasi anneiltasi allative annillesi anneillesi essive antinasi anteinasi translative anniksesi anneiksesi abessive annittasi anneittasi instructive — — comitative — anteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative antimme antimme accusative nom. antimme antimme gen. antimme genitive antimme antiemme partitive antiamme antejamme inessive annissamme anneissamme elative annistamme anneistamme illative antiimme anteihimme adessive annillamme anneillamme ablative anniltamme anneiltamme allative annillemme anneillemme essive antinamme anteinamme translative anniksemme anneiksemme abessive annittamme anneittamme instructive — — comitative — anteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative antinne antinne accusative nom. antinne antinne gen. antinne genitive antinne antienne partitive antianne antejanne inessive annissanne anneissanne elative annistanne anneistanne illative antiinne anteihinne adessive annillanne anneillanne ablative anniltanne anneiltanne allative annillenne anneillenne essive antinanne anteinanne translative anniksenne anneiksenne abessive annittanne anneittanne instructive — — comitative — anteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative antinsa antinsa accusative nom. antinsa antinsa gen. antinsa genitive antinsa antiensa partitive antiaan antiansa antejaan antejansa inessive annissaan annissansa anneissaan anneissansa elative annistaan annistansa anneistaan anneistansa illative antiinsa anteihinsa adessive annillaan annillansa anneillaan anneillansa ablative anniltaan anniltansa anneiltaan anneiltansa allative annilleen annillensa anneilleen anneillensa essive antinaan antinansa anteinaan anteinansa translative annikseen anniksensa anneikseen anneiksensa abessive annittaan annittansa anneittaan anneittansa instructive — — comitative — anteineen anteinensa

Derived terms

• Annikki
• antilas

 

compounds

• etuanti
• henkilöstöanti
• ilmaisanti
• listautumisanti
• osakeanti
• postietuanti
• rahastoanti
• tarjousanti
• ulosanti

 

Further reading

• “anti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• nait, tain, tina

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

anti (A·chik)

1. week
2. market

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [antiəʔ]
• Hyphenation: an‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Verb

anti

1. to wait

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English anti, from conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.ti/
• Rhymes: -ti
• Hyphenation: an‧ti

Adjective

anti

1. anti (opposed to something)

See also

• anti-

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.ti/
• Rhymes: -anti
• Hyphenation: àn‧ti

Adverb

anti (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of ante (all senses)
   • 13th century, Guido Guinizelli, Al cor gentil rempaira sempre amore (Gianfranco Contini, Poeti del Duecento, Riccardo Ricciardi (1960), vol. 2, p.461):

     [...] né fe’ amor anti che gentil core
     né gentil core anti ch’amor, natura: [...]

     [...] neither before the gentle heart was Love
     nor Love ere gentle heart by Nature made: [...]

   • 1282, Restoro d'Arezzo, La composizione del mondo colle sue cascioni, Accademia della Crusca, published 1976, page 174:

     [...] sapemo bene che l'acqua non se stregne e ghiacia e·lloco caldo, anti se ghiacia e·lloco là o' non pò lo sole, molto fredissimo [...]

     [...] we know well that water does not contract and freeze in a hot place, rather it freezes in a very cold place, where the Sun cannot [reach] [...]

Anagrams

• Tina, nati, tina

Lithuanian

Noun

añti

1. vocative singular of añtis (“bosom”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ande, ende, endi, enti, inti, indi, int, inte, unta, unte, unti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anti/

Conjunction

anti

1. and

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈti/

• Hyphenation: an‧ti

Adjective

anti (invariable)

1. (chemistry) anti (that has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°)

Quechua

Etymology

From Proto-Quechuan [Term?]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.tɪ/

Adjective

anti

1. eastern

Noun

anti

1. (arcaic) the eastern region, from the perspective of Cuzco.
2. (arcaic) the Amazonian foothills.
3. (arcaic) an inhabitan of the Amazonian foothills.
4. east

Coordinate terms

(compass points)

	chincha
kunti		anti
	urin

Synonyms

• intichay

See also

• antis

Spanish

Etymology

From anti-.

Adjective

anti (invariable)

1. anti-, opposing

Further reading

• “anti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English aunt.

Noun

anti class V (plural maanti class VI)

1. (informal) A form of address to a woman.

   Synonym: sista

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English auntie.

Noun

anti

1. aunt (polite term for any woman a generation older than oneself)

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English aunty, auntie.

Noun

anti

1. paternal aunt; one's father's sister

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English auntie.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈantɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈanti/

Noun

anti f (plural antis)

1. aunt

   Synonyms: bopa, modryb

Coordinate terms

• (gender): ewythr, wncl

Mutation

Mutated forms of anti

radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
anti	unchanged	unchanged	hanti

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “anti”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English auntie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ŋ̀.tí/

Noun

àǹtí

1. auntie, a term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.