A person who opposes novels or the writing and reading of novels, or someone who writes against the novel form as a literary genre.
From anti- (against) + novelist (one who writes novels). The prefix anti- comes from Greek, meaning 'opposite' or 'against,' combined with novelist, which derives from 'novel' (from Italian novella, a short tale). This word emerged in literary criticism contexts when debates arose about the value and morality of novel-reading.
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