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antimission

antimission

9.9
Opposed to people who try to spread a religion
  • adjective
  • /ˌæntiˈmɪʃən/
: antimisionero
  • The organization took an antimission position, refusing to support any missionary work.

Examples

  • Some local leaders were openly antimission due to concerns about cultural change.

  • The antimission stance of the group was evident during the debate.

  • Debates between antimission groups and missionaries were common in the region.

  • Many activists promote an antimission viewpoint in their discussions.

  • The community's antimission beliefs led them to reject any outside religious influence.

  • Local activists organized a meeting to discuss their antimission views and promote cultural preservation.

  • Debates about antimission ideologies often arose during the town hall meetings.

How Opposed

hostile
238 4.6
antimission
9.9
opposed
643 3.5
critical
234 3.8
supportive
335 2.8

Surface Forms

antimission positive

Morphology

antimission = mission (transparent) = anti + mission

The meaning is directly compositional: anti- means 'against' and mission refers to religious missionary activity.

Etymology

Antimission comes from the prefix anti- meaning 'against', like in antiwar, and the word mission meaning 'a sending' or 'missionary work'. So if something is described as antimission, it is opposed to religious missions or missionary activity.