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antiform en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + form.

Meanings

1. A topographic feature which is composed of sedimentary layers in a convex formation, but may not actually form a real anticline (i.e., the oldest rocks may not be exposed in the middle).
2. A form that defies the usual conventions of artistic forms.
   • Dada forms and antiforms were used as a means of reacting against Abstract Expressionism and abstract art generally[…] 1983, Edith Kurzweil, William Phillips, Writers and Politics: A Partisan Review Reader, page 236:

Forms

Antonyms

synform (antonym(s) of “geology”)

Deriveds

antiformal

Hyponyms

anticline

Translations (4)

pl antyforma (a form that defies the usual conventions of artistic forms) · pl antyforma (sedimentary layers in a convex formation) · pt antiforma (a form that defies the usual conventions of artistic forms) · pt antiforma (sedimentary layers in a convex formation)