Meanings
adjectiveantiself (not comparable)
- not comparableimmunologyActing against the organism in which it occurs.
nounantiself (plural antiselves)
plural antiselves
- An entity opposing or reflecting a self.
There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!
1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, page 751 more example
The Western movies, of course, are not cultural visions, but the vicious encounters with the antiselves of civilization, the invented savage.
1999, Gerald R. Vizenor, Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance, page 7
Origin
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