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anticircumcision

anticircumcision adjective: opposing or acting against circumcision.

Adjective

anticircumcision (comparative more anticircumcision, superlative most anticircumcision)

  1. Opposing or acting against circumcision.
    • Circumcision ’s effect on sex is a white-hot issue in the United States for the small but vocal anticircumcision lobby.2007 April 15, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Preventing H.I.V., but at What Price?”, in New York Times

Forms of anticircumcision

comparativemore anticircumcision
superlativemost anticircumcision

Origin of anticircumcision

From anti- + circumcision.

Questions about anticircumcision

What does anticircumcision mean?
Anticircumcision means opposing or acting against circumcision.
What part of speech is anticircumcision?
Anticircumcision is an adjective.

Words near anticircumcision in the dictionary

  1. anticipatory retaliation
  2. anticipointment
  3. anticipointments
  4. anticippointment
  5. anticircular
  6. anticircumcision
  7. anticircumsporozoite
  8. anticircumvention
  9. anticircus
  10. anticistamines
  11. anticitizenship

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