variants
or less commonly antichrist
or Anti-Christ
or anti-Christ
1
: one who denies or opposes Christ
specifically
: a great antagonist expected to fill the world with wickedness but to be conquered forever by Christ at his second coming
2
—used in an exaggerated way to describe a person regarded as a powerful and malevolent adversary —usually used with the
With time this contrast hardened into hacker iconography. Gates was the anti-Christ, a man whose corporate stranglehold on the software industry had left it awash in ugly products.—
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The opening and ending of Antichrist, that’s great cinema.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The Satanic Temple may seem an obvious case to some, but 17th-century Baptists once called the Pope the Antichrist, as a Commonwealth Magazine piece noted.
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—Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The Antichrist is often portrayed as a tyrant who deceives with lies, signs and wonders for the purpose of controlling mankind.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
That kid, who may or may not still be the Antichrist, is giggling away while every other character on Evil is suffering.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Anyone else hear that this is the beginning of seven-year period of tribulation during which Antichrist will rise from Hell and trigger Armageddon?
—Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
No party could build the Kingdom of Heaven, though Rod did allow that Ronald Reagan might be the Antichrist.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
In a year that’s already seen two major horror movies competing for the title of Best Virgin Nun to Give Birth to the Antichrist, Miller and co-writer M.A. Fortin have miraculously managed to achieve a kind of original sin.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
According to Christian eschatology, the Antichrist refers to a person or people prophesied in the bible to oppose Christ and substitute themselves in Christ’s place before the second coming.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
The Satanic Temple may seem an obvious case to some, but 17th-century Baptists once called the Pope the Antichrist, as a Commonwealth Magazine piece noted.
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—Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The Antichrist is often portrayed as a tyrant who deceives with lies, signs and wonders for the purpose of controlling mankind.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
That kid, who may or may not still be the Antichrist, is giggling away while every other character on Evil is suffering.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Anyone else hear that this is the beginning of seven-year period of tribulation during which Antichrist will rise from Hell and trigger Armageddon?
—Jay Martel, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
No party could build the Kingdom of Heaven, though Rod did allow that Ronald Reagan might be the Antichrist.
—Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
In a year that’s already seen two major horror movies competing for the title of Best Virgin Nun to Give Birth to the Antichrist, Miller and co-writer M.A. Fortin have miraculously managed to achieve a kind of original sin.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
According to Christian eschatology, the Antichrist refers to a person or people prophesied in the bible to oppose Christ and substitute themselves in Christ’s place before the second coming.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Antichrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Antichrist. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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