anti-circumcisionist
anti-circumcisionist noun: one who opposes male infant circumcision.
Noun
anti-circumcisionist (plural anti-circumcisionists)
- One who opposes male infant circumcision.
- Some anti-circumcisionists would outlaw the practice of infant circumcision, even for religious reasons.1986, Bernard Ohanian, "Primal Cut: The Fight Over Circumcision", Mother Jones, April/May 1986, page 28
- Pro-circumcisionists have marshalled as many arguments in its favour as anti-circumcisionists have marshalled against it.1999, Godfrey B. Tangwa, “Circumcision: An African Point of View”, in George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Male and Female Circumcision, Kluwer Academic...
- Synonyms:
- anti-circer, intactivist
- Antonyms:
- pro-circer, pro-circumcisionist
Synonyms of anti-circumcisionist
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Forms of anti-circumcisionist
| plural | anti-circumcisionists |
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Origin of anti-circumcisionist
From anti- + circumcision + -ist.
Questions about anti-circumcisionist
- What does anti-circumcisionist mean?
- Anti-circumcisionist means one who opposes male infant circumcision.
- What part of speech is anti-circumcisionist?
- Anti-circumcisionist is a noun.
- What is the plural of anti-circumcisionist?
- The plural of anti-circumcisionist is anti-circumcisionists.
Words near anti-circumcisionist in the dictionary
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