antiperson

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ person

Noun

antiperson (plural antipersons or antipeople)

1. Somebody who is not a person, or not accepted as a person, or who violates the conventions of personhood.
2. A hypothetical person made out of antimatter.
   • 1988, Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (page 75)

     There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!

   • 2002, Roy A. Gallant, Meteorite Hunter: The Search for Siberian Meteorite Craters (page 45)

     If a person shook hands with an antiperson, both would be annihilated in a shower of gamma ray greetings.

See also

• nonperson

Anagrams

• Reptonians, antipreons, nanostripe, near points, non-parties, nonparties, prensation