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antiguru

antiguru adjective: hostile to gurus, or to a specific guru.

Adjective

antiguru (comparative more antiguru, superlative most antiguru)

  1. Hostile to gurus, or to a specific guru.
    • Paranoid behavior, too, is often seen in the manifestation of hostility toward such tales, when the listener thinks that he or she is being challenged by what sounds like an antiguru story.1978, Human Nature - Volume 1, Issues 1-6, page 287

Noun

antiguru (plural antigurus)

  1. Someone who is or attempts to be the opposite of a guru.
    • He styles himself the antiguru, the anti-Martha Stewart, the anti-Rachael Ray. And his is the war to end all wars.2007 January 4, Virginia Heffernan, “Stepping Back From the Ledge of the Overly Appointed Life”, in New York Times

Forms of antiguru

Adjective
comparativemore antiguru
superlativemost antiguru
Noun
pluralantigurus

Origin of antiguru

From anti- + guru.

Questions about antiguru

What does antiguru mean?
Antiguru means hostile to gurus, or to a specific guru.
What part of speech is antiguru?
Antiguru can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antiguru in the dictionary

  1. antiguillotine
  2. antigun
  3. antigunner
  4. antigunners
  5. Antiguo Cuscatlán
  6. antiguru
  7. antigurus
  8. antigypsy
  9. antigypsyism
  10. antihacker
  11. antihackers

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