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antifur

antifur noun: someone opposed to the furry fandom.

Noun

antifur (plural antifurs)

  1. (Internet, slang) Someone opposed to the furry fandom.
    • This site is an^([sic – meaning a]) hoax by a group of people called "antifur". Their only purpose is stirring up controversy among furries because they find it particularly funny. The best way to deal with these people is by ignoring them.2001 March 28, Martin Skunk, “Christian anti-fur site”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)
    • They use out of date examples to try to show how bad the fandom or furries are. If somebody is using an example of bad behavior more than 3 years old in an argument about problems in the fandom, it's a pretty good bet you're dealing with an Anti-Fur.2006 June 2, ferret, “How to recognize an Anti-Fur”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet)

Adjective

antifur (not comparable)

  1. Opposed to the killing of animals for their fur.
    • In the fall of 2003, the priestly ensemble, paired with reading glasses, made a perfect disguise to infiltrate Gianfranco Ferré’s fashion show in Milan. Mr. Mathews said that after security guards dragged him and his antifur sign off the runway, women in the front row “got up and started hitting...2007 March 25, David Colman, “A Blessing in Disguise”, in New York Times

Forms of antifur

pluralantifurs
alternative formanti-fur

Origin of antifur

From anti- + fur.

Questions about antifur

What does antifur mean?
Antifur means someone opposed to the furry fandom.
What part of speech is antifur?
Antifur can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of antifur?
The plural of antifur is antifurs.

Words near antifur in the dictionary

  1. antifungals
  2. antifungicide
  3. antifungicides
  4. antifungin
  5. antifungus
  6. antifur
  7. antifurries
  8. antifurry
  9. antifurs
  10. antigag
  11. antigalactagogue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antifur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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