unchristianlike
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + Christianlike or un- + Christian + -like.
Adjective
[edit]unchristianlike (comparative more unchristianlike, superlative most unchristianlike)
- Not Christian-like.
- Antonym: Christian-like
Usage notes
[edit]- Of the forms unchristianlike, unchristian-like, un-Christianlike, and un-Christian-like, unchristianlike is most common.[1] As of 2022, unchristianlike is about twice as common as un-Christian-like but it used to be many more times more common.[2] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name;[3] unchristianlike is at odds with this recommendation.
References
[edit]- ^ unchristianlike,un-Christianlike,un-Christian-like, unchristian-like at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ unchristianlike,([un - Christian - like*2)] at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov