[1980–85; anti- + sexist]This word is first recorded in the period 1980–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Santería, biobehavioral, hub-and-spoke, nuclear winter, postfeministanti- is a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” “antiparticle of,” used in the formationof compound words (anticline); used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody; antifreeze; antiknock; antilepton)