All English words - page 302
Meanings of Antirape:
adjectiveOpposed to or intended to prevent rape (= the crime of forcefully having sex with someone against their wishes)
Usage examples:
Anti-rape campaigners have been calling for such reforms for years., the group organized an anti-ra…
Meanings of Antirational:
adjectiveOpposed to the ideas of rationalism (= the belief or principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason rather than emotion or religion)
Usage examples:
The dadaists were an anti-art, anti-rational movement of the early 20th century.
Meanings of Antirationalism:
nounBeliefs opposed to the ideas of rationalism (= the belief or principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason rather than emotion or religion)
Usage examples:
Anti-rationalism is the idea that there are no such things as evidence or fact, just opinion.
Meanings of Antirationalist:
adjectiveOpposed to the ideas of rationalism (= the belief or principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason rather than emotion )
Usage examples:
Philosopher stuart hampshire was one of the anti-rationalist oxford thinkers., blake was an anti-ra…
Meanings of Antirationality:
nounThe fact of not being based on clear thought and reason, or of not making decisions based on clear thought or reason
Usage examples:
The novel imparts a strong sense of anti-rationality., propaganda deliberately promotes irrationali…
Meanings of Antirealism:
nounIn philosophy, a belief that is opposed to realism (= the belief that objects continue to exist even when no one is there to see them)
Usage examples:
Central to the debate between realism and anti-realism is the distinction between what is observabl…
Meanings of Antirealist:
adjectiveIn philosophy, opposed to realism (= the belief that objects continue to exist even when no one is there to see them)
Usage examples:
She espouses a radical anti-realist philosophy., anti-realist photographic tricks, the story takes …
Meanings of Antireform:
adjectiveOpposed to changing laws and polices in order to improve them
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His critics painted him as anti-reform., she faced opposition from anti-reform forces within the pa…
Meanings of Antireformist:
adjectiveOpposed to changing laws and policies in order to improve them
Usage examples:
The party still contains plenty of old-fashioned anti-reformist politicians., he advanced conservat…
Meanings of Antireligion:
adjectiveOpposed to religion
Usage examples:
In the interview, he plays down the book's anti-religion theme., he makes a number of digs at relig…
Meanings of Antireligious:
adjectiveOpposed to religion
Usage examples:
This move was not prompted by any anti-religious sentiment., it would be an exaggeration to say tha…
Meanings of Antirepublican:
adjectiveOpposed to the republican party in the us
Usage examples:
In many of these areas, anti-republican sentiment runs deep., anti-republican demonstrators lined t…
Meanings of Antirevolutionary:
adjectiveOpposed to revolution (= a change in the way a country is governed, often using war or violence) or to a political system based on a revolution
Usage examples:
To hold the elections in a short time would have benefited the anti-revolutionary forces., they wer…
Meanings of Antiriot:
adjectiveIntended to prevent or control a riot (= a large number of people behaving in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public)
Usage examples:
The situation eased after 1,000 anti-riot police officers were deployed., thousands of police offic…
Meanings of Antiritualism:
nounBeliefs that are opposed to ritualism (= the practice of using fixed actions and words, especially as part of religious ceremonies)
Usage examples:
Protestants reacted by embracing anti-ritualism., the anti-ritualism of the early sikh tradition
Meanings of Antiroll:
nounA rubber-mounted bar fitted in the suspension of a vehicle to increase its stability, especially when cornering.
adjectiveAn anti-roll device is designed to reduce the amount a vehicle rolls to either side, especially when going round corners
Usage examples:
Anti-roll bar an anti-roll bar is standard on all models., it performs even better off-road, thanks…
Meanings of Antiromantic:
adjectiveOpposed to the ideas of romanticism (= a style of art, music, and literature that deals with the beauty of nature and human emotions)
Usage examples:
The anti-romantic movement, larkin had an anti-romantic and anti-modernist style of poetry., schmid…
Meanings of Antiromanticism:
nounA style of art, music, and literature that is opposed to the ideas of romanticism (= a style that deals with the beauty of nature and human emotions)
Usage examples:
It lacks the bleak anti-romanticism of his early poems., the hard-edged anti-romanticism of the 1980s
Meanings of Antiroyalist:
adjectiveOpposed to a king or queen or to a country being ruled by a king or queen
Usage examples:
The king had wanted to avoid a popular anti-royalist uprising., suddenly anti-royalist themes were …
Meanings of Antirrhinum:
nounA plant of a genus that includes the snapdragon.
Usage examples:
These include busy lizzie, verbena, lobelia and antirrhinum, all of which need warmth to germinate,…
Meanings of Antirust:
adjectiveDesigned to prevent rust (= a reddish-brown substance that forms on the surface of iron and steel) forming on something
Usage examples:
He painted the garage doors with a blue anti-rust paint., the chemical is used as an anti-rust coat…
Meanings of Antis:
nounA person opposed to a particular policy, activity, or idea.
Usage examples:
The threat to field sports from the antis is a serious one
prepositionOpposed to; against.
Usage examples:
I'm anti the abuse of drink and the hassle that it causes
adjectiveOpposed.
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The local councils are anti
prefixOpposed to or against
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Antienvironmentalist
Meanings of Antiscience:
adjectiveOpposed to or not accepting scientific ideas and methods
Usage examples:
There seems to be an anti-science bias in the article., she denies that she is anti-science.
Meanings of Antiscientific:
adjectiveOpposed to or not accepting scientific ideas and methods
Usage examples:
His argument was fundamentally anti-scientific., he believes it would be irrational and deeply anti…
Meanings of Antiscorbutic:
adjective(chiefly of a drug) having the effect of preventing or curing scurvy.
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In 1747 the british naval surgeon james lind conducted experiments on antiscorbutic substances - th…
nounAn antiscorbutic food or drug.
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Cook did, for example, but other captains didn't and it was an imperfectly understood thing, that y…
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