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anti-Sunnite

anti-Sunnite noun: someone who opposes or dislikes Sunnis.

Noun

anti-Sunnite (plural anti-Sunnites)

  1. Someone who opposes or dislikes Sunnis.
    • Now the question is whether this madrasah-building movement among the Sunni was meant only to check the growing Shi'i and Mu'tazili influences and turn the table on the anti-Sunnites.1997, Islam and the Modern Age, volume 28, page 16

Forms of anti-Sunnite

pluralanti-Sunnites

Origin of anti-Sunnite

From anti- + Sunnite.

Questions about anti-Sunnite

What does anti-Sunnite mean?
Anti-Sunnite means someone who opposes or dislikes Sunnis.
What part of speech is anti-Sunnite?
Anti-Sunnite is a noun.
What is the plural of anti-Sunnite?
The plural of anti-Sunnite is anti-Sunnites.

Words near anti-Sunnite in the dictionary

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

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