Colloquial Variant guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Clipping of antifascist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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name
A decentralized, radical political movement that opposes fascism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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name
Black bloc groups that fight fascist or far-right groups in public, usually anarchist, socialist, or communist groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, slang
Topics: government, politics
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name
Alternative letter-case form of Antifa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A local instance of this movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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noun
A member of an anti-fascist group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, slang
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Clipping of antifascism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
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noun
Clipping of antifascist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from German Antifa, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wing of the Communist Party of Germany founded in 1932. Also a clipping of antifascism or antifascist.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
