Meanings
nounantilibrary (plural antilibraries)
plural antilibraries
- A collection of books that a person owns but has not yet read.
Origin
From anti- + library. Coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007).
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APA
antilibrary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antilibrary
MLA
“antilibrary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antilibrary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antilibrary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antilibrary.
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