Meaning

2 senses

  1. A local instance of this movement.

  2. (informal, slang)A member of an anti-fascist group.

Examples

12 sentences

  1. Antifa will be designated a terrorist organization.

    2001 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Antifa is necessary as long as there is fascism.

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Antifa groups have never existed without fascists to resist.

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Tom is antifa.

    DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Tom is the leader of Antifa.

    deTom ist der Anführer der Antifa. — shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Borrowed from German Antifa, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wi

Borrowed from German Antifa, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wing of the Communist Party of Germany founded in 1932. Also a clipping of antifascism or antifascist.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: Antifas
SingularAntifa
PluralAntifas

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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