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antifashion

antifashion noun: any fashion that is intentionally contrary to the mainstream.

Noun

antifashion (usually uncountable, plural antifashions)

  1. (usually) Any fashion that is intentionally contrary to the mainstream.
    • Antifashion as a means of social defiance goes back to Marie Antoinette, the dandies, the bohemians of Lautrec's Paris...1995, Toby Fischer-Mirkin, Dress code: understanding the hidden meanings of women's clothes
    • Hostesses' sartorial practice manifests some of the attributes generally associated with the antifashion style of punk, hippie, and other subcultures.2009, Tiantian Zheng, Red lights: the lives of sex workers in postsocialist China

Adjective

antifashion (not comparable)

  1. Opposed to fashion.

Forms of antifashion

pluralantifashions

Origin of antifashion

From anti- + fashion.

Questions about antifashion

What does antifashion mean?
Antifashion means any fashion that is intentionally contrary to the mainstream.
What part of speech is antifashion?
Antifashion can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of antifashion?
The plural of antifashion is antifashions.

Words near antifashion in the dictionary

  1. antifascism
  2. antifascisms
  3. antifascist
  4. antifascistic
  5. antifascists
  6. antifashion
  7. antifashionable
  8. antifashions
  9. antifat
  10. antifatigue
  11. antifear

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