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anti-
Pronunciation:
/ˈanti/
(also
ant-
)
prefix
1
opposed to; against:
anti-aircraft
preventing:
antibacterial
relieving:
antipruritic
the opposite of:
anticlimax
acting as a rival:
antipope
unlike the conventional form:
anti-hero
2
Physics
the antiparticle of a specified particle:
antiproton
Origin:
from Greek
anti
'against'
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