Antichrist

• anti-Christ, antichrist

From Middle English Antecrist, from late Old English Antecrist, from Late Latin antichrīstus, from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos). By surface analysis, anti- +‎ Christ. The modern spelling of the word is due to an effort to reflect the Latin etymon.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæntaɪˌkɹaɪst/, /ˈæntiˌkɹaɪst/

Antichrist

1. (Christianity, Islam) A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet.

   Synonym: dajjal (Islam-specific term)

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 John 2:18:

     Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time.

   • 2025 June 26, Ross Douthat, quoting Peter Thiel, “Peter Thiel and the Antichrist”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     [Ross Douthat:] Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the Antichrist? […] [Peter Thiel:] […] And the Christian framing, which in some ways is the same question, is: Antichrist or Armageddon? You have the one-world state of the Antichrist, or we’re sleepwalking toward Armageddon.

In contemporary English, the word is often (but not always) preceded by the definite article (the Antichrist), parsed as a proper noun. However, the word has a common noun sense and thus is sometimes lowercased and can take the indefinite article (an antichrist); although it more often denotes a single figure in modern usage, it was originally used to describe any of several people prophesied to fill this role.

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Antichrist m

1. superseded spelling of antichrist

• IPA^(key): /ˈantiˌkʁɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

der Antichrist m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Antichristen or des Antichrists)

1. (Christianity) Antichrist

Antichrist m (weak, genitive Antichristen, plural Antichristen)

1. (Christianity) antichrist

• Antichristus