antiself

An entity opposing or reflecting a self.

Adjective

  1. Acting against the organism in which it occurs.

Origin

From anti- + self.

Noun

  1. An entity opposing or reflecting a self.
    • There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands! - 1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page...
    • The Western movies, of course, are not cultural visions, but the vicious encounters with the antiselves of civilization, the invented savage. - 1999, Gerald R. Vizenor, Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian...

Forms

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