anti-roman

/ ɑ̃tirɔmɑ̃ /

noun

1. another term for antinovel

Word History and Origins

Origin of anti-roman¹

literally: anti-novel

Example Sentences

This 10-film series just scratches the surface — no “Broken Lance,” no “Krakatoa” — but it still finds room for the febrile cult western “Johnny Guitar”; the anti-Roman Catholic noir “Edge of Doom”; and the sex-and-death anthology “The Dark Side to Love,” featuring a cameo by the mysterious Mr. Yordan himself.

From New York Times

This 10-film series just scratches the surface — no “Broken Lance,” no “Krakatoa” — but it still finds room for the febrile cult western “Johnny Guitar”; the anti-Roman Catholic noir “Edge of Doom”; and the sex-and-death anthology “The Dark Side to Love,” featuring a cameo by the mysterious Mr. Yordan himself.

From New York Times

Bucato - Evan Funke's Italian training came in Emilia-Romagna, home to egg-enriched pasta, but the noodles he prefers are made with only flour, water and salt: hand-rolled pici, like thick, Tuscan spaghetti, with a long-cooked rabbit sauce; corzetti, flexible pasta coins from Liguria, with a mortar-ground walnut sauce; or a delicious but anti-Roman cacio e pepe that breaks every known rule.

From Los Angeles Times

In Life of Brian, Cleese, as a Roman centurion, catches Chapman, as Brian, writing anti-Roman graffiti.

From Newsweek

They depict him as anti-Roman Catholic and credit him with inventing a distinctly Celtic church, with its own homegrown symbols and practices.

From Slate