[An.ti.christ] n [ME anticrist, fr. OE & LL; OE antecrist, fr. LL Antichristus, fr. Gk Antichristos, fr. anti- + Christos Christ] (bef. 12c) 1: one who denies or opposes Christ; specif: a great antagonist expected to fill the world with wickedness but to be conquered forever by Christ at his second coming
2: a false Christ