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antihumanist

antihumanist adjective: opposing humanism.

Adjective

antihumanist (not comparable)

  1. Opposing humanism
    • But as in the overrated and similarly antihumanist Memento, every sequence proceeds forward; it's only the order of the sequences that's backward.2003 March 14, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “All and Nothing”, in Chicago Reader

Noun

antihumanist (plural antihumanists)

  1. One who opposes humanism.

Forms of antihumanist

pluralantihumanists

Origin of antihumanist

From anti- + humanist.

Questions about antihumanist

What does antihumanist mean?
Antihumanist means opposing humanism.
What part of speech is antihumanist?
Antihumanist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antihumanist in the dictionary

  1. antihuff
  2. antihum
  3. antihuman
  4. antihumanism
  5. antihumanisms
  6. antihumanist
  7. antihumanistic
  8. antihumanists
  9. antihumanitarian
  10. antihumanitarians
  11. antihumanity

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