anti-Witness

adjective

Opposed or hostile to Jehovah's Witnesses or their beliefs or doctrines.

Opposite

Meanings

adjectiveanti-Witness (comparative more anti-Witness, superlative most anti-Witness)

comparative more anti-Witness · superlative most anti-Witness

  1. Opposed or hostile to Jehovah's Witnesses or their beliefs or doctrines.

    The most spectacular manifestation of anti-Witness hostility was a sharp outbreak of violence. In June, 1940, several hundred incidents occurred in which force was directed against Jehovah's Witnesses […]

    1963, Charles Herman Pritchett, Alan F. Westin, The Third Branch of Government: 8 Cases in Constitutional Politics
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    But it wasn't till he was at Bethel that he began reading them in connection with all the old magazines they had there, and even a few of the anti-Witness books that managed to find their way into little obscure boxes and corners in the library.

    2014, Steve McRoberts, Falling in Truth: The Education of a Jehovah's Witness, page 329

    Antonyms: pro-Witness

nounanti-Witness (plural anti-Witnesses)

plural anti-Witnesses

  1. A person who is opposed or hostile to Jehovah's Witnesses or their beliefs or doctrines.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOpposed or hostile to Jehovah's Witnesses or their beliefs or doctrines.

Opposite

Origin

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APA

anti-Witness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Witness

MLA

“anti-Witness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Witness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anti-Witness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anti-Witness.

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