Antichrist

antichrist Anti-Christ anti-christ anti-Christ English Alternative forms en Anti-Christ anti-Christ Etymology From en enm Antecrist, from late en ang Antecrist, from en la-lat antichrīstus, from en grc ἀντίχριστος. +prefix en anti Christ. The modern spelling of the word is due to an effort to reflect the Latin etymon. Sense 2 refers to the United Nations being the subject of conspiracy theories as a global power and a perceived enemy. Pronunciation en /ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Antichrist.wav Southern England en /ˈæntaɪˌkɹaɪst/ /ˈæntiˌkɹaɪst/ US Proper noun ~ en Christianity Islam A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet. en dajjal<qq:Islam-specific term> 1 John 2 18 Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time. en-US w:Ross Douthat w:Peter Thiel Peter Thiel and the Antichrist The New York Times 2025-06-26 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/peter-thiel-antichrist-ross-douthat.html 0362-4331 [Ross Douthat:] Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the Antichrist? [Peter Thiel:] And the Christian framing, which in some ways is the same question, is: Antichrist or Armageddon? You have the one-world state of the Antichrist, or we’re sleepwalking toward Armageddon. https://web.archive.org/web/20260219212556/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/peter-thiel-antichrist-ross-douthat.html 19 February 2026 en-US Michelle Goldberg The Conspiracy Theory Behind Tucker Carlson’s Apology The New York Times 2026-04-24 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/opinion/conspiracy-theory-tucker-antisemitism.html 0362-4331 Now, finally, there’s growing agreement about his obvious unfitness. Indeed, some former Trump superfans are suddenly wondering if he might be the Antichrist. en Internet slang derogatory The United Nations. en Usage notes In contemporary English, the word is often (but not always) preceded by the definite article (the Antichrist), parsed as a proper noun. However, the word has a common noun sense and thus is sometimes lowercased and can take the indefinite article (an antichrist); although it more often denotes a single figure in modern usage, it was originally used to describe any of several people prophesied to fill this role. Derived terms en Antichristic Translations one under the direct control of the Devil Albanian: sq Antikrishti m definite Armenian: hy նեռ Նեռ Belarusian: be Анты́хрыст m Bulgarian: bg Антихри́ст m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 反基督 fǎnjīdū, cmn 敵基督 díjīdū Coptic: cop ⲁⲛⲧⲓⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ Esperanto: eo Antikristo Estonian: et Antikristus Finnish: fi Antikristus French: fr Antéchrist m, fr Antichrist m Friulian: fur Anticrist m Georgian: ka ანტიქრისტე German: de Antichrist m Greek: el Αντίχριστος m Hebrew: he אַנְטִיכְּרִיסְטוֹס m antikrístos Hindi: hi मसीह विरोधी, hi दज्जाल Indonesian: id anti-Kristus Ingrian: izh Anttikristus Irish: ga Ainchríost m Italian: it Anticristo m Japanese: ja 反キリスト はんきりすと, hankirisuto Kazakh: kk Антихрист Lithuanian: lt Antikristas Macedonian: mk Антихрист m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Antikrist m Piedmontese: pms Polish: pl Antychryst Portuguese: pt Anticristo m Romanian: ro Antihrist m Russian: ru Анти́христ m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Антихрист m, sh Антикрист m Latin: sh Antihrist m, sh Antikrist m Spanish: es anticristo m Swedish: sv Antikrist Tagalog: tl Antikristo, tl antikristo Turkish: tr Deccal Ukrainian: uk Анти́христ m Walloon: wa Antécri See also en antipope antipopery en Conspiracy theories Nationalism Dutch Pronunciation nl Nl-Antichrist.ogg Proper noun m nl antichrist German Etymology de :af anti- Christ de anti- Christ Pronunciation de /ˈantiˌkʁɪst/ de De-Antichrist.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ɪst 3 Proper noun m,en:s.acc:-.dat:en.article de Christianity en Antichrist de Widerchrist Declension m,en:s.acc:-.dat:en.article.sg Noun m.weak de Christianity antichrist de Widerchrist Declension m.weak See also de Antichristus Further reading