anti : Idioms & Phrases

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anti-american

  • noun a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies
  • adjective opposed to the United States and its policies
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An`ti-A*mer"i*can adjective
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  1. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.
Webster 1913

anti-catholicism

  • noun a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism
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anti-drug law

  • noun a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs
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anti-dumping duty

  • noun a tariff imposed to prevent dumping
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anti-federalist

An`ti-fed"er*al*ist noun
Definitions
  1. One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.
Webster 1913

anti-g suit

  • noun worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration
    G suit.
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anti-gallican

An`ti-Gal"li*can adjective
Definitions
  1. Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
Webster 1913

anti-imperialist international brigade

  • noun a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
    Japanese Red Army; JRA.
    • in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel
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anti-impotence drug

  • noun drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction
    virility drug.
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anti-inflammatory

  • noun a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
    anti-inflammatory.
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anti-inflammatory drug

  • noun a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
    anti-inflammatory.
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anti-intellectual

  • noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
    lowbrow; philistine.
  • adjective satellite smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
    philistine.
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anti-masonic party

  • noun a former political party in the United States; founded in 1825 in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs
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anti-personnel bomb

  • noun a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
    daisy cutter; antipersonnel bomb; fragmentation bomb.
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anti-racketeering law

  • noun law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
    Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; RICO; RICO Act.
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anti-semite

  • noun someone who hates and would persecute Jews
    Jew-baiter.
  • adjective satellite discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
    antiblack; racist.
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anti-semitic

  • adjective relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
    antisemitic.
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anti-semitism

  • noun the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
    antisemitism.
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anti-submarine rocket

  • noun a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines
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anti-sway bar

  • noun a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis
    stabilizer bar.
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anti-takeover defense

  • noun resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover
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anti-tnf compound

  • noun a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF); used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints
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anti-torque rotor

  • noun rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor
    tail rotor.
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anti-trade

An"ti-trade` noun
Definitions
  1. A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Webster 1913

anti-virus program

  • noun a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
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anti-war movement

  • noun a campaign against entering or continuing a war
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Distyle in antis

  • having columns between two antæ. See Anta.
Webster 1913

in antis

In an"tis
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) Between antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See Anta.
Webster 1913

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory

  • noun an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids
    NSAID; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory.
    • NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes
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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

  • noun an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids
    NSAID; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory.
    • NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes
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