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antinatal

antinatal adjective: opposing childbirth.

Adjective

antinatal (not comparable)

  1. Opposing childbirth.
    • The long-term benefits of population increase are largely ignored. As society and the government turn from pronatal to antinatal, as we are now experiencing, attitudes towards homosexuality and non-procreative sex change too.1986, Alan Barron, The Death of Eve: Women, Liberation, Disintegration, page 70

Origin of antinatal

From anti- + natal.

Questions about antinatal

What does antinatal mean?
Antinatal means opposing childbirth.
What part of speech is antinatal?
Antinatal is an adjective.

Words near antinatal in the dictionary

  1. antinapalm
  2. antinarcotic
  3. antinarcotics
  4. antinarrative
  5. antinarratives
  6. antinatal
  7. antinatalism
  8. antinatalist
  9. antinatalists
  10. antinational
  11. antinationalism

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