antispiritual

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adjective

Opposing or harming what is spiritual.

OriginEnglish spiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectiveantispiritual (comparative more antispiritual, superlative most antispiritual)

comparative more antispiritual · superlative most antispiritual · alternative anti-spiritual

  1. Opposing or harming what is spiritual.First known use 17th c.

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*(s)peys-der.?
  8. Latinspīrō
  9. Latinspīritus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Late Latinspīrituālis
  13. Old Frenchspiritue
  14. Middle Englishspiritual
  15. Englishspiritual
  16. Englishantispiritual

From anti- + spiritual.

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Translations

Portuguese antiespiritual
  • antiespiritualopposing or harming what is spiritual
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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