asantaist

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noun

A person who does not believe in Santa Claus.

OriginEnglish Santa ← Dutch Sinterklaas ← Middle Dutch Sinter Clâes →
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Meanings

nounasantaist (plural asantaists)

plural asantaists · alternative a-Santa-ist

  1. humorousrareA person who does not believe in Santa Claus.

    Nearly everyone but small children are asantaists, while the same is true of aunicornists — even if they have never once decided as an absolute fact, or even as a matter of faith, that unicorns do not exist.

    2016 January 30, Nicholas Bittner, The Roads Around Religion, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Middle DutchSinter Clâes
  7. DutchSinterklaas
  8. EnglishSanta Clausellip.
  9. EnglishSanta
  10. Englishasantaist

From a- + Santa + -ist., based on atheist.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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