Antichrist

[ an-ti-krahyst ]

/ ˈæn tɪˌkraɪst /

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noun Theology.

a particular personage or power, variously identified or explained, who is conceived of as appearing in the world as the principal antagonist of Christ.

(sometimes lowercase) an opponent of Christ; a person or power antagonistic to Christ.

(often lowercase) a disbeliever in Christ.

(often lowercase) a false Christ.

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Origin of Antichrist

before 1150; Middle English, Old English <Late Latin Antichrīstus<Late Greek Antíchrīstos the Antichrist. See anti-, Christ

Words nearby Antichrist

anticenter, antichlor, antichoice, anticholinergic, anticholinesterase, Antichrist, antichthon, anticipant, anticipate, anticipated, anticipation

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How to use Antichrist in a sentence

Enough people are worried that the vaccines are from the Antichrist that TikTok has apparently banned hashtags that link vaccination with apocalyptic plots.
Breaking evangelical resistance to coronavirus vaccines will be hard|Matthew Sutton|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
Perhaps, they speculated, the world would soon have a single global currency overseen by the Antichrist and run by computers.
Breaking evangelical resistance to coronavirus vaccines will be hard|Matthew Sutton|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
In the 1980s some alleged that perhaps Ronald Wilson Reagan was the Antichrist — the letters in his name added up to 6-6-6.
Breaking evangelical resistance to coronavirus vaccines will be hard|Matthew Sutton|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
Crucially, Evangelicals believed that as the United States ceded power to the Antichrist, he would demand that all people pledge their allegiance to him by taking his mark.
Breaking evangelical resistance to coronavirus vaccines will be hard|Matthew Sutton|May 21, 2021|Washington Post

In the 1930s, they thought that perhaps the logo of Roosevelt’s National Recovery Administration, the blue eagle, was the Antichrist’s logo.
Breaking evangelical resistance to coronavirus vaccines will be hard|Matthew Sutton|May 21, 2021|Washington Post
One prominent Wingnut Web site in particular has been pumping up microchip/Antichrist anxieties: WorldNet Daily.
Antichrist Fears Win a Vote in Virginia|John Avlon|February 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The McCain campaign even put out a Web ad that seemed to play on Obama-as-Antichrist fears.
Antichrist Fears Win a Vote in Virginia|John Avlon|February 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Its worldly affairs gave him no concern, and party-spirit was loathsome to him as the very antichrist.
There and Back|George MacDonald
It is well to state here that Daniel mentions Antichrist but once in his prophecies, in chapter xi:36, etc.
The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
See the pictures in the numerous fifteenth century little popular books concerning Antichrist.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)|Anatole France
"And then shall the wicked be revealed:" no one doubts that this means Antichrist.
The City of God, Volume II|Aurelius Augustine
These remonstrants drifted by degrees into open antagonists of the Church, and talked of the Pope as the mystical antichrist.
Curiosities of Christian History|Croake James

British Dictionary definitions for Antichrist

Antichrist

/ (ˈæntɪˌkraɪst) /

noun

New Testament the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming

(sometimes not capital) an enemy of Christ or Christianity

Derived forms of Antichrist

Antichristian, adjective

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Cultural definitions for Antichrist

Antichrist

A person mentioned in the New Testament as an enemy of Jesus, who will appear before the Second Coming and win over many of Jesus' followers. The Antichrist is often identified with a beast described in the Book of Revelation, whom God destroys just before the final defeat of Satan.

notes for Antichrist

Since the New Testament was written, people have frequently tried to prove that an individual human being was the Antichrist. Some of the candidates have been the Roman emperors Nero and Caligula and the modern dictators Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.