Antichristnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈæn.ti.kraɪst/us/ˈæn.t̬i.kraɪst/originally the main enemy of Jesus Christ, who was expected to rule the world until Jesus Christ's Second Coming, now any enemy of Jesus Christ or the Christian religion
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Religious concepts: devils
- demon
- devil
- Lucifer
- Mephistopheles
- Old Nick
- Satan
- satanic
Examples from literature
- I was declaimed against from the pulpit, called antichrist, and pursued in the country like a mad wolf.
- It was the fashion half a century ago to speak of this man as a hypocrite, an impostor, even as Antichrist.
- She could not have spoken more disrespectfully of Antichrist.
- Therefore, these wars and cruelties, this bloodshed and sorrow are Antichrist, not Christ.
- This is a deceiver and an antichrist.