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antistyle

antistyle noun: style or fashion that rejects the usual conventions of style.

Noun

antistyle (usually uncountable, plural antistyles)

  1. (usually) Style or fashion that rejects the usual conventions of style.
    • Flashy in its photographic juxtapositioning, Reebok embraced poor taste as a sign for antistyle that might beckon skeptical viewers to enter the space of the ad.1994, David R. Dickens, Andrea Fontana, Postmodernism and social inquiry
    • Lesbian-feminist antistyle was an emblem of refusal, an attempt to strike a blow against the twin evils of capitalism and patriarchy...1995, Corey K. Creekmur, Alexander Doty, Out in culture: gay, lesbian, and queer essays on popular culture

Forms of antistyle

pluralantistyles

Origin of antistyle

From anti- + style.

Questions about antistyle

What does antistyle mean?
Antistyle means style or fashion that rejects the usual conventions of style.
What part of speech is antistyle?
Antistyle is a noun.
What is the plural of antistyle?
The plural of antistyle is antistyles.

Words near antistyle in the dictionary

  1. antistructures
  2. antistrumatic
  3. antistrumous
  4. antistudent
  5. antistuffing
  6. antistyle
  7. antistyles
  8. antisub
  9. antisubjective
  10. antisubjectivism
  11. antisubmarine

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