What is another word for antichrist?

Pronunciation: [ˈantɪkɹˌa͡ɪst] (IPA)

Antichrist is a term used to describe a figure who opposes or acts in opposition to Christ. While the term may be familiar to those who adhere to a certain religious belief, there are many synonyms that convey the same meaning. These include names like the Beast, the Prince of Darkness, the Evil One, the Deceiver, the Adversary, and the Son of Perdition. Each of these names highlights the opposing nature of this figure and provides a greater understanding of the characteristics they represent. No matter the name used, the symbol of the antichrist remains one of opposition and evil in many different cultures and belief systems.

What are the hypernyms for Antichrist?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Antichrist

Of the Apocalypse fifty-seven copies were known to him, of the Speculum twenty-nine, of the antichrist thirteen, of the Defensorium twelve, and of the Mirabilia Romae six.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
The cuts to the former reach the average of early work; those to the antichrist vary greatly, that of antichrist preaching before a queen being extraordinarily successful as a presentation of a type of coarse spiritual effrontery.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
2. The antichrist of the Fathers.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard

Famous quotes with Antichrist

  • If you are an antichrist, you won't believe in the bible prophecy from the beginning. Which means, you won't believe that physical immortality will become possible.
    Alex Chiu
  • In considering found that the papists did not deny him to be come in the flesh, nor we did not deny him - who then was antichrist? Was the Turk antichrist only?
    Anne Hutchinson
  • So the repeal of the Missouri Compromise opened that whole territory to the ingress of slavery. That sparked the greatest political revolution in American History. In the spring of 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, there was no Republican Party; there were no Republican congressmen. In the four elections of 1854, 100 Republican Congressmen were returned to the Congress. At that moment, Stephen A. Douglas was looked upon as the antichrist from the point of view of the anti-slavery movement.
    Harry V. Jaffa
  • Well, Douglas became the leader of the Republicans in the struggle in Congress to defeat the Lecompton Constitution, and he succeeded. And from becoming the antichrist of the anti-slavery movement, he became the savior. And many people in the Republican Party wanted Lincoln and the Republicans in Illinois to support Douglas for reelection.
    Harry V. Jaffa
  • Our government has the weirdest bias against . There's no reason for everybody to be so afraid of it. It's not the antichrist the DEA makes it out to be. Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful. And government has no business telling us what we can and can't use for pain relief.
    Jesse Ventura

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