Antichrist

• Anti-Christ, anti-Christ

From Middle English Antecrist, from late Old English Antecrist, from Late Latin antichrīstus, from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos). By surface analysis, anti- +‎ Christ. The modern spelling of the word is due to an effort to reflect the Latin etymon.

Sense 2 refers to the United Nations being the subject of conspiracy theories as a global power and a perceived enemy.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæntaɪˌkɹaɪst/, /ˈæntiˌkɹaɪst/

Antichrist or the Antichrist

1. (Christianity, Islam) A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet.

   Synonym: dajjal (Islam-specific term)

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 John 2:18:

     Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time.

   • 2025 June 26, Ross Douthat, quoting Peter Thiel, “Peter Thiel and the Antichrist”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     [Ross Douthat:] Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the Antichrist? […] [Peter Thiel:] […] And the Christian framing, which in some ways is the same question, is: Antichrist or Armageddon? You have the one-world state of the Antichrist, or we’re sleepwalking toward Armageddon.

2. (Internet slang, derogatory) The United Nations.

In contemporary English, the word is often (but not always) preceded by the definite article (“the Antichrist”), parsed as a proper noun. However, the word has a common noun sense and thus is sometimes lowercased and can take the indefinite article (“an antichrist”); although it more often denotes a single figure in modern usage, it was originally used to describe any of several people prophesied to fill this role.

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Antichrist m

1. superseded spelling of antichrist

anti- +‎ Christ

• IPA^(key): /ˈantiˌkʁɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

der Antichrist m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Antichristen or des Antichrists)

1. (Christianity) Antichrist

   Synonym: Widerchrist

Antichrist m (weak, genitive Antichristen, plural Antichristen)

1. (Christianity) antichrist

   Synonym: Widerchrist

• Antichristus

• “Antichrist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache