Etymology

antifa

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German Antifa
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  1. German · borrowed fromAntifa
  2. English todayAntifa

Borrowed from German Antifa, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wing of the Communist Party of Germany founded in 1932. Also a clipping of antifascism or antifascist.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.