Word.ws English Dictionary

antiterrorism

antiterrorism noun: activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.

Noun

antiterrorism (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) Activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.
    • Antiterrorism funding was increased after 2001.

antiterrorism meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

antiterrorism in Arabic

activity aiming at opposing terrorism
مُكَافَحَة اَلْإِرْهَاب mukāfaḥat al-ʔirhāb

antiterrorism in Indonesian

activity aiming at opposing terrorism
kontraterorisme

Synonyms of antiterrorism

Origin of antiterrorism

From anti- + terrorism.

Questions about antiterrorism

What does antiterrorism mean?
Antiterrorism means activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.
What is antiterrorism in Arabic?
Antiterrorism in Arabic is مُكَافَحَة اَلْإِرْهَاب (mukāfaḥat al-ʔirhāb). See Antiterrorism meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is antiterrorism?
Antiterrorism is a noun.

Words near antiterrorism in the dictionary

  1. antiterminators
  2. antitermite
  3. antitermitic
  4. antiterritorial
  5. antiterror
  6. antiterrorism
  7. antiterrorist
  8. antiterrorists
  9. antitesting
  10. antitetanic
  11. antitetanus

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: antiterrorism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “antiterrorism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/antiterrorism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.