antifa
/ænˈtiːfə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.20 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A decentralized, radical political movement that opposes fascism.
name
Black bloc groups that fight fascist or far-right groups in public, usually anarchist, socialist, or communist groups.
Informal; Slang
name
Alternative letter-case form of Antifa.
adj
Clipping of antifascist.
Example Sentences
- "Similarly, Antifa organized local defense units that fought off Nazi assaults and factory and land-estate committees that blocked further wage cuts and other infringements."
- "The active Communist participation in the leadership of the Antifa committees made them vulnerable to "red scare" propaganda, especially from the much more conservative city government."
- "After an anti-fascist punched a right-wing journalist in Portland, militant anti-fascists and Antifa have been branded as 'violent gangs,' even 'terrorists.' Those definitions are completely wrong."
- "And the FBI is not the only federal law enforcement agency that tracks groups associated with the larger Antifa movement."
- "The stakes were high and the issues far-reaching; it is hardly astonishing that in cities like Bremen and Leipzig Antifas jumped the gun, exercised administrative powers without waiting for military government and continued them."
- "Both the pattern and participation and the internal structure of the Antifas recalled the French underground."
Etymology
Borrowed from German Antifa, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wing of the Communist Party of Germany founded in 1932. Also a clipping of antifascism or antifascist.