anti-Christian

See also: antichristian

English

Alternative forms

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.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen when prefixing capitalized words except when usage dictates otherwise.[2]

Translations

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ anti-Christian, antichristian at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
  3. ^ anti-Christians, antichristians at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

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