anti
/ˈæn.taɪ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.01 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
noun
A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds.
Derogatory; Slang
prep
Alternative form of anti-.
Example Sentences
- "On one occasion, franchise supporters accused antis of dumping lemons, wet sponges, rolls of ticker tape, bags of water, and garbage pails on innocent suffrage supporters parading outside the anti-suffrage offices."
- "Antis jumped on this announcement, calling it vote buying and indicative of the hypocrisy of prohibitionists who talked incessantly in the first election about the immorality of the antis' vote-buying efforts."
- "While I did not directly analyze how the antis define feminism, it appears that they believe Sarah J Maas as an author is a white feminist and therefore unable to write anything feminist."
- "Other fans or viewers are thus not coded as fans but instead positioned as either homophobic, angry "antis" (even if they ship Johnlock or other queer ships) or as the outsider "casuals" who aren't dedicated or smart or invested enough to properly interpret Sherlock."
- "The VLD fandom especially has cultivated a definition of antis as ones against a moral or societal ill (e.g., pedophilia, incest)."
- "I do not consider myself either a twitcher or an expert. Neither am I anti twitching."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæn.taɪ/
- British English: /ˈæn.ti/