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[ adjective ] (prefix) opposite or opposing or neutralizing
Synonyms Examples "`ant' is a prefix in `antacid'" "`anti' is a prefix in `antihistamine' and `antifreeze'" Used in print (Successful Farming, 59:12...)Milk production may be increased by the anti infective properties of_this drug . Milk production may be increased by the anti infective properties of_this drug . (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)In each of the last , the trial marked the beginning of a new course : in Moscow the liquidation of the Old Bolsheviks and the tightening of Stalin 's dictatorship ; in the United_States the initiation of militant anti Communism , with the repentant ex Communist in the vanguard . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)The merits of the Salk anti polio vaccine were not established on the forensic platform or in newspaper editorials , but in the laboratory and by tests in the field on thousands of children . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)This is an issue which boils_down to a matter of opinion , depending_on whether you 're an American or National fan and anti or pro Yankee . (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)In_any_case , I have always been treated with the utmost courtesy by Englishmen , even in Devonshire and Cornwall , where anti Catholic feeling has supposedly existed the strongest and longest . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Resolved that the anti slavery sentiment is becoming ripe for resolute action . |
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