antichrist

See Antichrist. By surface analysis, anti- +‎ Christ.

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

antichrist (plural antichrists)

1. One who works against the teachings of Christ.
   • 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.

   • 1976, “Anarchy in the U.K.”, performed by Sex Pistols:

     I am an antichrist / And I am an anarchist / Don't know what I want / But I know how to get it

   • 1996, Maurice Wiles, “[The End of Arianism] Gothic Christianity”, in Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries, Oxford, Oxon: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 43:

     At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑn.tiˈkrɪst/, (chiefly used in orthodox Protestantism) /ˌɑn.tiˈxrɪst/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧christ
• Rhymes: -ɪst

antichrist m

1. (chiefly Christianity) Antichrist (the false messiah appearing in the book of Revelation)

• Antichrist (superseded)

antichrist m (plural antichristen)

1. (chiefly Christianity) antichrist

• Afrikaans: antichris

anti- +‎ christ

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ti.kʁist/

antichrist m (plural antichrists)

1. alternative form of antéchrist

• “antichrist”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.