antilife

[an-tee-lahyf, an-tahy-]

adjective

1. antagonistic or indifferent to a normal life.

2. regarded as opposing the life force because of advocating abortion, birth control, etc.

Other Word Forms

• antilifer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of antilife¹

First recorded in 1925–30; anti- + life

Example Sentences

Nothing in the laws of physics rules out the possibility that vast regions of the cosmos consist mainly of antimatter, with antigalaxies, antistars, even antiplanets populated with antilife.

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