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anti-abortionism

anti-abortionism noun: an ideology or policy of opposition to the practice and/or legalization of abortion.

Noun

anti-abortionism (uncountable)

  1. An ideology or policy of opposition to the practice and/or legalization of abortion.
    • Anti-abortionism became crucial in the protection of births and population growth and thus a key element in the social policy of the New State.1991, Mary Nash, “Pronatalism and motherhood in Franco's Spain”, in Gisela Bock, Pat Thane, editors, Maternity & Gender Policies: Women and the Rise of the European Welfare States 1880s-1950s...
    Synonyms:
    pro-lifeism

Synonyms of anti-abortionism

Forms of anti-abortionism

alternative formantiabortionism

Origin of anti-abortionism

From anti-abortion + -ism.

Questions about anti-abortionism

What does anti-abortionism mean?
Anti-abortionism means an ideology or policy of opposition to the practice and/or legalization of abortion.
What part of speech is anti-abortionism?
Anti-abortionism is a noun.

Words near anti-abortionism in the dictionary

  1. anti skub
  2. anti'l
  3. anti-
  4. anti-abolitionism
  5. anti-abortion
  6. anti-abortionism
  7. anti-abortionist
  8. anti-abortionists
  9. anti-Abrahamic
  10. anti-academic
  11. anti-access area denial

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