Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antiholiday

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-hol-i-day
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing or taking a negative view of the holiday season.

noun

A holiday celebrated as a form of opposition to normal or regular holidays.

Example Sentences

"Originally entitled Hellcab Does Christmas and marketed as a hip antiholiday holiday show, Will Kern's incredibly black comedy about a day in the life of a poor beleaguered cab driver was never, strictly speaking, a holiday show."
"The idea was to celebrate Buy Nothing Day, an antiholiday invented by the Vancouver-based Media Foundation in the early 90s that takes place on what's traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year. ""

Etymology

From anti- + holiday.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more antiholiday (comparative) most antiholiday (superlative) antiholidays (plural)

Questions

What does antiholiday mean?: Opposing or taking a negative view of the holiday season.
Where does antiholiday come from?: From anti- + holiday.

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