the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming
2. (sometimes not capital)
an enemy of Christ or Christianity
Derived forms
Antichristian (ˌAntiˈchristian)
adjective
antichrist in American English
(ˈæntɪˌkraɪst; ˈæntaɪˌkraɪst)
noun
1.
an opponent of or disbeliever in Christ
2. [A-]; Bible
the great antagonist of Christ, expected to spread universal evil before the end of the world but finally to be conquered at Christ's second coming: 1 John 2:18
3.
a false Christ
Word origin
ME anticrist < OFr antecrist < LL(Ec) antichristus < Gr(Ec) antichristos < anti-, against + Christos, Christ