anti-Christian

See also: antichristian

English

Alternative forms

antichristian

Etymology

From anti- +‎ Christian.

Adjective

anti-Christian (comparative more anti-Christian, superlative most anti-Christian)

Opposed to Christians or Christianity.
Synonyms: Christianophobic, Christophobic

Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:antireligious

Usage notes

anti-Christian is much more common than antichristian.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen when prefixing capitalized words except when usage dictates otherwise.[2]

Translations

opposed to Christians or Christianity

Catalan: anticristià
Czech: protikřesťanský
French: antichrétien (fr)
German: christenfeindlich, antichristlich (de), christentumsfeindlich, widerchristlich
Greek: αντιχριστιανικός (el) (antichristianikós)
Italian: anticristiano (it)
Polish: antychrześcijański (pl)
Portuguese: anticristão (pt)
Romanian: anticreștin (ro)
Russian: антихристиа́нский (ru) (antixristiánskij), противохристиа́нский (ru) (protivoxristiánskij)
Slovak: protikresťanský
Spanish: anticristiano
Swedish: antikristlig

Noun

anti-Christian (plural anti-Christians)

One who opposes Christians or Christianity.
Synonyms: Christianophobe, Christophobe

Usage notes

anti-Christians is much more common than antichristians.[3]

References

anti-Christian, antichristian at Google Ngram Viewer
6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
anti-Christians, antichristians at Google Ngram Viewer

Further reading

“anti-Christian”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“anti-Christian”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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