antichrist

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/ (UK)
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/ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/ (UK) · /ˈæntaɪˌkɹaɪst/ (US) · /ˈæntiˌkɹaɪst/ (US)

Definition of antichrist

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who works against the teachings of Christ.
    “Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time.”
    “I am an antichrist / And I am an anarchist / Don't know what I want / But I know how to get it”
    “At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.”
    “Then, Carlson asked himself on his podcast whether Trump was “the antichrist” after the president launched a series of verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, who was born in the US and is an Iran war critic.”
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noun

  1. One who works against the teachings of Christ.
    “Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time.”
    “I am an antichrist / And I am an anarchist / Don't know what I want / But I know how to get it”
    “At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.”
    “Then, Carlson asked himself on his podcast whether Trump was “the antichrist” after the president launched a series of verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, who was born in the US and is an Iran war critic.”

name

  1. A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet.
    “Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time.”
    “[Ross Douthat:] Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the Antichrist? […] [Peter Thiel:] […] And the Christian framing, which in some ways is the same question, is: Antichrist or Armageddon? You have the one-world state of the Antichrist, or we’re sleepwalking toward Armageddon.”
    “Now, finally, there’s growing agreement about his obvious unfitness. Indeed, some former Trump superfans are suddenly wondering if he might be the Antichrist.”
  2. (Internet, derogatory)The United Nations.

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Etymology

See Antichrist. By surface analysis, anti- + Christ.

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