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natalism

natalism noun: pronatalism; an ideology in favor of childbearing.

Noun

natalism (uncountable)

  1. Pronatalism; an ideology in favor of childbearing.
    • Falling birth rates are being met in many nations with a backlash: in China, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, natalism is making a comeback, and the line between policies that are ‘pro-family’ (benefits and incentives) and those that are ‘anti-woman’ (abortion bans and the rescinding of workplace...2019 March, Sarah Ditum, “Mum's the Word”, in Literary Review
    • Many of the speakers and attendees see natalism as a way of reversing these changes.2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024

Origin of natalism

From natal + -ism.

Words formed from natalism

Questions about natalism

What does natalism mean?
Natalism means pronatalism; an ideology in favor of childbearing.
What part of speech is natalism?
Natalism is a noun.

Words near natalism in the dictionary

  1. natalids
  2. Natalie
  3. Natalievca
  4. natalisin
  5. natalisins
  6. natalism
  7. natalist
  8. natalists
  9. natalitial
  10. natalities
  11. natalitious

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