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antimissionary

antimissionary adjective: opposing religious missionaries.

Adjective

antimissionary (comparative more antimissionary, superlative most antimissionary)

  1. Opposing religious missionaries.
    • the antimissionary riots in China
    Antonyms:
    promissionary

Noun

antimissionary (plural antimissionaries)

  1. One who opposes religious missionaries.

Antonyms of antimissionary

Forms of antimissionary

Adjective
comparativemore antimissionary
superlativemost antimissionary
Noun
pluralantimissionaries

Origin of antimissionary

From anti- + missionary.

Questions about antimissionary

What does antimissionary mean?
Antimissionary means opposing religious missionaries.
What part of speech is antimissionary?
Antimissionary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antimissionary in the dictionary

  1. antimisogyny
  2. antimissile
  3. antimissiles
  4. antimission
  5. antimissionaries
  6. antimissionary
  7. antimissioner
  8. antimissioners
  9. antimisting
  10. antimitochondria
  11. antimitochondrial

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