anti-Christian

See also: antichristian

English

Alternative forms

• antichristian

Etymology

From anti- +‎ Christian.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

anti-Christian (comparative more anti-Christian, superlative most anti-Christian)

1. Opposed to Christians or Christianity.

   Synonyms: Christianophobic, Christophobic

   Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:antireligious

Usage notes

• anti-Christian is much more common than antichristian. GPO manual recommends using a hyphen when prefixing capitalized words except when usage dictates otherwise.

Translations

opposed to Christians or Christianity

• Catalan: anticristià
• Czech: protikřesťanský
• French: antichrétien (fr)
• German: christenfeindlich, antichristlich (de), christentumsfeindlich, widerchristlich
• Greek: αντιχριστιανικός (el) (antichristianikós)
• Italian: anticristiano (it)
• Polish: antychrześcijański (pl)
• Portuguese: anticristão (pt)
• Romanian: anticreștin (ro)
• Russian: антихристиа́нский (ru) (antixristiánskij), противохристиа́нский (ru) (protivoxristiánskij)
• Slovak: protikresťanský
• Spanish: anticristiano
• Swedish: antikristlig

Noun

anti-Christian (plural anti-Christians)

1. One who opposes Christians or Christianity.

   Synonyms: Christianophobe, Christophobe

Usage notes

• anti-Christians is much more common than antichristians.

Further reading

• “anti-Christian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “anti-Christian”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.