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anti-Sunni

anti-Sunni adjective: opposed to Sunnis or Sunnism.

Adjective

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

  1. Opposed to Sunnis or Sunnism.
    • Two days after his resignation from the CIA unit in charge of fomenting anti-Sunni sentiments among the Shia community […]2013, Ali Alizadeh, Transactions
    • Are these Shia bad guys, militia-types, anti-Sunni?2012, Eamon Kolarity, The Book on Joshua: Love at War in Iraq, page 546

Forms of anti-Sunni

comparativemore anti-Sunni
superlativemost anti-Sunni

Origin of anti-Sunni

From anti- + Sunni.

Questions about anti-Sunni

What does anti-Sunni mean?
Anti-Sunni means opposed to Sunnis or Sunnism.
What part of speech is anti-Sunni?
Anti-Sunni is an adjective.

Words near anti-Sunni in the dictionary

  1. anti-structures
  2. anti-submarine
  3. anti-suffragism
  4. anti-suit injunction
  5. anti-suit injunctions
  6. anti-Sunni
  7. anti-Sunnism
  8. anti-Sunnite
  9. anti-Sunnites
  10. anti-supernaturalism
  11. anti-supernaturalist

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