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abortionist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈbɔɹ.ʃə.nɪst/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English abortion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English abortionist From abortion + -ist.

Meanings

1. (offensive, sometimes) A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly.
   • […] a gruesome procedure in which the abortionist dismembers a child who could survive outside the womb. 2009, Dinesh D’Souza, Letters to a Young Conservative, →ISBN, page 191:
   • In this sense, the GOP are the proverbial dog that caught the car. For decades, they have been working their voters into frothing hysteria over the need to protect the unborn from abortionists and their Democratic protectors. But what this means in practice... is far less appealing. From a public health standpoint, the draft decision leaked on Monday is an abomination. From a political standpoint, it imperils midterm victories that were for all intents and purposes inevitable. 2022 May 10, Alex Shephard, “With Roe, the GOP Is the Dog that Caught the Car”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022:
   • Such a fetus is perfectly viable save for the act of the abortionist. 1998, J. David Bleich, Bioethical Dilemmas: A Jewish Perspective, volume 1, Hoboken, New Jersey: KTAV Publishing House, →ISBN, page 277:
   • Then she asks her to go first to meet the abortionist. Then she neglects to make a reservation at the hotel the abortionist specifies. That almost sinks the arrangement: The abortionist has experience suggesting that hotel will be a safe venue, and suspects he may be set up for a police trap. 2009–2010, Roger Ebert, Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbook 2010, review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, page 146:
   • Mad. Restell, the celebrated Abortionist [is arrested]. 1844 March 26, New-York Daily Tribune:
   • In 1962, when abortion was still illegal, I published an anonymous interview with Dr. Robert Spencer, a humane abortionist who was known as “The Saint.” 2005, Paul Krassner, One Hand Jerking: Reports from an Investigative Satirist, →ISBN, page 24:
   • The quack abortionist, with “a little knowledge,” impudently, remorselessly, and secretly employs his craft for filthy lucre’s sake, perpetrating one crime to conceal another, at which science and charity blush. 1848 October 7, “Morals and Murder – the Case of Eliza Wilson”, in The Medical Times, volume 18, number 471, London, page 373:
   • According to Bray, “there is a difference between taking a retired abortionist and executing him, and killing a practicing abortionist who is regularly killing babies.” The first act is in Bray’s view retributive, the second defensive. 2003, Mark Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, 3rd edition, Berkeley, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 24:
2. (derogatory) A person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abortionist.

Forms

Antonyms

fetus fetishist · anti-choicer · anti-abortionist · pro-lifer · right-to-lifer · forced-birther

Deriveds

anti-abortionist · antiabortionist · pro-abortionist

Relateds

abortionism

Synonyms

angel maker · aborter · pro-abortionist · pro-deather · jack-knife barber · pro-choicer

Translations (31)

de Abtreibungshelferin (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · eo geabortigistoj (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · es abortera (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · pl aborcjonistka (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · nl aborteur (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · pl aborter (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · fr avorteur (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · eo virabortigisto (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · tl aborsiyonista (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · fr avorteuse (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · de Abtreibungsbefürworterin (person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion) · de Abtreiberin (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · pt abortista (person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion) · de Abtreibungsärztin (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · pl aborcjonista (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · nl aborteuse (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · de Abtreibungsbefürworter (person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion) · tl abortista (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · de Abtreibungshelfer (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · de Abtreibungsarzt (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · de Abtreiber (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · pt aborteiro (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · pt aborteira (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · eo abortigisto (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · nl voorstander van abortus (person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion) · es abortista (person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion) · fr médecin avorteur (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · hu abortőr (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · eo abortigistino (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · es abortero (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker) · es abortista (person who performs abortions — see also angel maker)