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anti-life

anti-life

2 9.1
Harmful to living things
  • adjective
  • /ˈæn.ti.laɪf/
: antivida
  • The scientist warned that certain chemicals can have anti-life effects on marine ecosystems.

Examples

  • The villain's anti-life philosophy threatened the survival of the entire planet.

  • Many activists argued that the new law was fundamentally anti-life in its effects.

  • He criticized the movement for promoting anti-life attitudes toward the environment.

  • The villain's anti-life philosophy led to chaos.

  • Many believe that an anti-life approach is harmful.

  • Critics label the new policy as anti-life because it disregards the welfare of endangered species.

  • The documentary highlighted anti-life practices that negatively impact biodiversity around the globe.

Antonyms

134 5.9

Against legal abortion and supporting laws to protect unborn babies

11 4.8

Keeps people, animals and plants alive, like rain or sunlight that helps them grow

How Life-Affirming

wholesome
60 3.1
protective
100 2.0
neutral
198 3.6
harmful
158 2.6
destructive
236 4.2
anti-life
2 9.1

Surface Forms

anti-life positive

Morphology

anti-life = life (transparent) = anti + life

The meaning is directly built from the prefix 'anti-' plus 'life', indicating opposition to life.

Etymology

Anti-life is made from anti- ('against') and life ('living'), the same anti- you see in antibiotic or antifreeze. So as an adjective it means 'against life' or harmful to living things.