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antiself

antiself adjective: acting against the organism in which it occurs.

Adjective

antiself (not comparable)

  1. Acting against the organism in which it occurs.

Noun

antiself (plural antiselves)

  1. An entity opposing or reflecting a self.
    • There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page 75
    • The Western movies, of course, are not cultural visions, but the vicious encounters with the antiselves of civilization, the invented savage.1999, Gerald R. Vizenor, Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance, page 7

Forms of antiself

pluralantiselves

Origin of antiself

From anti- + self.

Questions about antiself

What does antiself mean?
Antiself means acting against the organism in which it occurs.
What part of speech is antiself?
Antiself can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antiself in the dictionary

  1. antisegregationists
  2. antiseismic
  3. antiseize
  4. antiseizes
  5. antiseizure
  6. antiself
  7. antiselves
  8. antisemantic
  9. antisemetic
  10. antisemite
  11. antisemites

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