Antichrist

noun

An·​ti·​christ

ˈan-tē-ˌkrīst, 

-ˌtī- 

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.

—Robert Wright

Word History

Etymology

Middle English anticrist, from Old English & Late Latin; Old English antecrist, from Late Latin Antichristus, from Greek Antichristos, from anti- + Christos Christ

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Antichrist

• overpriced
• poltergeist
• sacrificed
• diced
• feist
• heist
• iced
• lysed
• priced
• sliced
• spiced
• spliced