anticaliphate

English

Alternative forms

• antikhalifate (rare)
• anti-caliphate, anti-Caliphate

Etymology 1

From anticaliph +‎ -ate, or anti- +‎ caliphate.

Noun

anticaliphate (plural anticaliphates)

1. A government having the pretence of featuring the real caliph, as opposed to another caliphate claiming to succeed to the Islamic State of Muhammad under a caliph.

Translations

Another caliph government

• Finnish: vastakalifaatti
• French: anticalifat m, less commonly antikhalifat m
• German: Gegenkalifat n
• Russian: антихалифа́т m (antixalifát)
• Swedish: antikalifat n

Etymology 2

From anti- +‎ caliphate.

Adjective

anticaliphate (comparative more anticaliphate, superlative most anticaliphate)

1. Belonging to the political stance of repudiating the idea of caliphate to rule.