anti : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- anti-american
- anti-catholicism
- anti-drug law
- anti-dumping duty
- anti-federalist
- anti-g suit
- anti-gallican
- anti-imperialist international brigade
- anti-impotence drug
- anti-inflammatory
- anti-inflammatory drug
- anti-intellectual
- anti-masonic party
- anti-personnel bomb
- anti-racketeering law
- anti-semite
- anti-semitic
- anti-semitism
- anti-submarine rocket
- anti-sway bar
- anti-takeover defense
- anti-tnf compound
- anti-torque rotor
- anti-trade
- anti-virus program
- anti-war movement
- Distyle in antis
- in antis
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
anti-american
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noun a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies
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adjective opposed to the United States and its policies
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An`ti-A*mer"i*can adjective
Definitions
Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.
Webster 1913
anti-catholicism
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noun a religious orientation opposed to Catholicism
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anti-drug law
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noun a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs
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anti-dumping duty
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noun a tariff imposed to prevent dumping
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anti-federalist
An`ti-fed"er*al*ist noun
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One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.
Webster 1913
anti-g suit
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noun worn by fliers and astronauts to counteract the forces of gravity and acceleration
G suit.
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anti-gallican
An`ti-Gal"li*can adjective
Definitions
Opposed to what is Gallic or French.
Webster 1913
anti-imperialist international brigade
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noun a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
Japanese Red Army; JRA.
- in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel
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anti-impotence drug
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noun drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction
virility drug.
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anti-inflammatory
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noun a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
anti-inflammatory.
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anti-inflammatory drug
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noun a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
anti-inflammatory.
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anti-intellectual
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noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
lowbrow; philistine.
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adjective satellite smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
philistine.
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anti-masonic party
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noun a former political party in the United States; founded in 1825 in opposition to Freemasonry in public affairs
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anti-personnel bomb
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noun a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
daisy cutter; antipersonnel bomb; fragmentation bomb.
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anti-racketeering law
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noun law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; RICO; RICO Act.
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anti-semite
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noun someone who hates and would persecute Jews
Jew-baiter.
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adjective satellite discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
antiblack; racist.
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anti-semitic
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adjective relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
antisemitic.
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anti-semitism
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noun the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
antisemitism.
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anti-submarine rocket
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noun a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines
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anti-sway bar
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noun a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis
stabilizer bar.
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anti-takeover defense
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noun resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover
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anti-tnf compound
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noun a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF); used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints
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anti-torque rotor
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noun rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor
tail rotor.
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anti-trade
An"ti-trade` noun
Definitions
A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Webster 1913
anti-virus program
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noun a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
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anti-war movement
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noun a campaign against entering or continuing a war
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Distyle in antis
- having columns between two antæ. See
Anta .
Webster 1913
in antis
In an"tis
Etymology
L.Definitions
(Arch.) Between antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See Anta .
Webster 1913
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
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noun an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids
NSAID; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory.
- NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes
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nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
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noun an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids
NSAID; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory.
- NSAIDs inhibit the activity of both Cox-1 and Cox-2 enzymes