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| abhorrent |
completely opposed or remote (usu. fol. by "to"). [1/3 definitions] |
| adversary |
a person, group, or thing opposed to another; opponent; enemy. |
| adverse |
opposed to or conflicting with one's purposes or desires. [1/3 definitions] |
| alien |
opposed in nature; strange. [1/6 definitions] |
| Anabaptist |
a member of any of several Protestant sects formed in the sixteenth century that baptized only adult believers, opposed military service, and advocated the separation of church and state. [1/2 definitions] |
| antagonism |
a state of being opposed; hostility. [1/2 definitions] |
| anti- |
a prefix that means "against" or "opposed to." [1/2 definitions] |
| antiabortion |
opposed to the termination of human pregnancy by removal of the fetus before it is capable of surviving. |
| antibusing |
opposed to busing students between school districts in order to achieve racial balance in schools. |
| anticity |
hostile, opposed, or causing harm to urban environments. |
| anticlerical |
opposed to the influence of the clergy or church in public affairs, esp. politics. |
| anticommunist |
being opposed to Communism. [1/2 definitions] |
| antiestablishment |
opposed to the established hierarchy, system, or leadership of a large government, corporation, church, or the like. |
| antifederalist |
(often cap.) a member of, or sympathizer with, the party that opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. |
| antilabor |
opposed to the interests of workers, esp. regarding unions. |
| antinuclear |
opposed to the development, deployment, or use of nuclear devices such as weapons and power plants. |
| antipersonnel |
designed to kill or injure people, as opposed to destroying machinery or buildings. |
| antislavery |
against, contrary to, or opposed to slavery. |
| antisocial |
opposed or harmful to the values, institutions, or laws of an organized society. [1/3 definitions] |
| Aristotelian |
one who tends to think empirically and pragmatically, as opposed to abstractly and theoretically. [1/3 definitions] |
| averse |
strongly opposed or disinclined; unwilling (usu. fol. by "to"). |
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