antisymmetry
noun
antisymmetry is a noun meaning “The condition of being antisymmetric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-S-Y-M-M-E-T-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 76 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of antisymmetry is antisymmetries.
What does antisymmetry mean?
noun
- 1
The condition of being antisymmetric.
- 2
A theory of syntactic linearization, proposing that hierarchical structure in natural language maps universally onto a particular surface linearization, namely specifier-head-complement branching order.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of antisymmetry
- antisymmetries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is antisymmetry?
Antisymmetry appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Antisymmetry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the condition of being antisymmetric:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Antisymmetrie |
| Portuguese | antissimetria |
| Spanish | antisimetría |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does antisymmetry come from?
From anti- + symmetry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).