anticity

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adjective

Opposing a city.

OriginEnglish city ← Middle English cite ← Old French citet →
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Meanings

adjectiveanticity (comparative more anticity, superlative most anticity)

comparative more anticity · superlative most anticity

  1. Opposing a city.

    It was, and still is, an anticity movement that sought to provide a rural space for its members to enjoy.

    2001, Richard J. Moss, Golf and the American country club, page 19

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  8. Proto-Italic*keiwis
  9. Latinceivis
  10. Latinceivitās
  11. Late Latincīvitātem (city)
  12. Old Frenchcitet
  13. Middle Englishcite
  14. Englishcity
  15. Englishanticity

From anti- + city.

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APA

anticity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticity

MLA

“anticity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticity. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticity.

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