anti-gun

adjective

an·​ti-gun ˌan-tē-ˈgən How to pronounce anti-gun (audio)
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to guns : opposing, prohibiting, or strictly controlling the sale and possession of guns or of certain types of guns
anti-gun legislation
anti-gun activists

Examples of anti-gun in a Sentence

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Quaritch promises them access to firearms, in flagrant defiance of Pandora’s unwritten anti-gun laws. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2025 The Planning Commission denied the permit after a heated hearing that brought out dozens of pro- and anti-gun-control activists. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 It's been nearly a year and a half since a man attending his own son's birthday northeast of Denver was gunned down by a former anti-gun violence activist, in what the victim's family calls a senseless act of violence. — Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 The grants were allocated under President Joe Biden's signature Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, an anti-gun violence law signed after the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-gun

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-gun was in 1899

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“Anti-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-gun. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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