Anti-busing
opposing legislation that requires the of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
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- Anti-calvinistic
the doctrines and teachings of John or his followers, emphasizing predestination, the sovereignty of God, the supreme authority of the Scriptures, and the irresistibility of grace. Compare . adherence to these doctrines. Historical Examples Upon this, Wesley drew a lot to determine whether he should publish his anti-calvinistic views. The Life of the Rev. George […]
- Anti-capitalism
an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. noun Also called free enterprise, private enterprise. an economic system based on the private ownership of […]
- Anti-carcinogenic
any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer. noun (pathol) any substance that produces cancer n. “cancer-causing substance,” 1853, from carcinoma + -gen. carcinogen car·cin·o·gen (kär-sĭn’ə-jən, kär’sə-nə-jěn’) n. A cancer-causing substance or agent. car’cin·o·gen’ic (kär’sə-nə-jěn’ĭk) adj. carcinogen (kär-sĭn’ə-jən) A substance or agent that can cause cells to become cancerous by altering their genetic […]
- Caste
Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions. Hinduism. any of the social divisions into which Hindu society is traditionally divided, each caste having its own privileges and limitations, transferred […]
- Anti-catholic
of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church. Theology. (among Roman Catholics) claiming to possess exclusively the notes or characteristics of the one, only, true, and universal church having unity, visibility, indefectibility, apostolic succession, universality, and sanctity: used in this sense, with these qualifications, only by the Church of Rome, as […]