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ANTHROPOTOMIST n.
One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.
ANTI-FEDERALIST n.
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.
ANTI-IMPERIALISM n.
Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matt…
ANTI-SEMITISM n.
Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. -- An`ti- Sem"ite (#), n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic (#), a.
ANTIAPHRODISIAC a.
Same as Antaphrodisiac.
ANTICHRIST n.
A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.
ANTICHRISTIAN a.
Opposed to the Christian religion.
ANTICHRISTIANISM; ANTICHRISTIANITY n.
Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
ANTICHRISTIANLY adv.
In an antichristian manner.
ANTICHRONISM n.
Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [R.] Selden.
ANTICIVISM n.
Opposition to the body politic of citizens. [Obs.] Carlyle.
ANTILOQUIST n.
A contradicter. [Obs.]
ANTIMAGISTRICAL a.
Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [Obs.] South.
ANTIMETATHESIS n.
An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
ANTIMONARCHIST n.
An enemy to monarchial government.
ANTINOMIANISM n.
The tenets or practice of Antinomians. South.
ANTINOMIST n.
An Antinomian. [R.] Bp. Sanderson.
ANTIPATHIST n.
One who has an antipathy. [R.] "Antipathist of light." Coleridge.
ANTIPERISTALTIC a.
Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube.
ANTIPERISTASIS n.
Opposition by which the quality opposed asquires strength; resistance or reaction roused by opposition or by the action of an opposite principle or quality.
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