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antistyle

noun

Etymology

From anti- + style.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”
  2. derived from stilus — “pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”
  3. derived from stylus
  4. derived from style
  5. inherited from stile
  6. prefixed as antistyle — “anti + style”

Definitions

  1. Style or fashion that rejects the usual conventions of style.

    • Flashy in its photographic juxtapositioning, Reebok embraced poor taste as a sign for antistyle that might beckon skeptical viewers to enter the space of the ad.
    • Lesbian-feminist antistyle was an emblem of refusal, an attempt to strike a blow against the twin evils of capitalism and patriarchy...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA