anti-Christianity

noun

an·​ti-Chris·​tian·​i·​ty

¦an-ˌtī-ˌkris-chē-¦a-nə-tē, 

¦an-tē- +

plural -es

1

: opposition to or rejection of Christ or Christianity

… evidence not of anti-Semitism but of anti-religion in general and anti-Christianity in particular.

—Gertrude Himmelfarb, New Republic, 30 Dec. 2002

2

usually Antichristianity or antichristianity obsolete : the system or rule of an antichrist

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