variants
or less commonly antichrist
or Anti-Christ
or anti-Christ
1
: one who denies or opposes Christ
specifically
: a great antagonist expected to fill the world with wickedness but to be conquered forever by Christ at his second coming
2
—used in an exaggerated way to describe a person regarded as a powerful and malevolent adversary —usually used with the
With time this contrast hardened into hacker iconography. Gates was the anti-Christ, a man whose corporate stranglehold on the software industry had left it awash in ugly products.—
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No party could build the Kingdom of Heaven, though Rod did allow that Ronald Reagan might be the Antichrist.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
In a year that’s already seen two major horror movies competing for the title of Best Virgin Nun to Give Birth to the Antichrist, Miller and co-writer M.A. Fortin have miraculously managed to achieve a kind of original sin.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
According to Christian eschatology, the Antichrist refers to a person or people prophesied in the bible to oppose Christ and substitute themselves in Christ’s place before the second coming.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Evil season four Not every show is bold enough to begin its final season by declaring that the birth of the Antichrist is imminent.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 May 2024
With the rest of Christendom either lost to the Catholic heresy or under Muslim domination, it was left to Russia, as the Third Rome, to keep true Orthodoxy alive and the Antichrist at bay.
—Iver B. Neumann, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2017
Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger, as Kristen discovers that her nemesis Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson) has stolen her missing egg from a fertility clinic, using it to impregnate a surrogate and birth the potential Antichrist.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 24 May 2024
The prequel story follows an American woman who is sent to work at a church in Rome and discovers a sinister conspiracy to bring about the birth of the Antichrist.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024
In addition, Ralph Ineson plays Father Brennan at the beginning of his mission to unearth what turns out to be a conspiratorial faction of the church dedicated to birthing the Antichrist.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
In a year that’s already seen two major horror movies competing for the title of Best Virgin Nun to Give Birth to the Antichrist, Miller and co-writer M.A. Fortin have miraculously managed to achieve a kind of original sin.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
According to Christian eschatology, the Antichrist refers to a person or people prophesied in the bible to oppose Christ and substitute themselves in Christ’s place before the second coming.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
Evil season four Not every show is bold enough to begin its final season by declaring that the birth of the Antichrist is imminent.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 May 2024
With the rest of Christendom either lost to the Catholic heresy or under Muslim domination, it was left to Russia, as the Third Rome, to keep true Orthodoxy alive and the Antichrist at bay.
—Iver B. Neumann, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2017
Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger, as Kristen discovers that her nemesis Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson) has stolen her missing egg from a fertility clinic, using it to impregnate a surrogate and birth the potential Antichrist.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 24 May 2024
The prequel story follows an American woman who is sent to work at a church in Rome and discovers a sinister conspiracy to bring about the birth of the Antichrist.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024
In addition, Ralph Ineson plays Father Brennan at the beginning of his mission to unearth what turns out to be a conspiratorial faction of the church dedicated to birthing the Antichrist.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Antichrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Antichrist. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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