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antiabortion en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English abortion English antiabortion From anti- + abortion.

Meanings

  1. Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.
    • Antiabortion activists pointed out that immigrant families, many of them Catholic, were larger and would soon outpopulate native-born white Yankees and threaten their political power. 1996, Leslie J. Reagan, When Abortion Was a Crime:
    • The news reporters tell us that conservatives are antiabortion, anti–gun control, antidiversity, antienvironment, antieverything. 2001, Gordon K. Durnil, The Making of a Conservative Environmentalist, page 182:

Forms

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most antiabortion Degree=Sup lexicographic
anti-abortion alternative lexicographic
more antiabortion Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

anti-abortionism · antiabortionist

Relateds

proabortion

Synonyms

pro-life · anti-choice

Translations (14)

pt antiaborto (opposed to the practice of abortion) · fi abortinvastainen (opposed to the practice of abortion) · fr anti-avortement (opposed to the practice of abortion) · hu abortuszellenes (opposed to the practice of abortion) · pt antiabortista (opposed to the practice of abortion) · de Anti-Abtreibungs- (opposed to the practice of abortion) · it antiaborto (opposed to the practice of abortion) · gl antiabortista (opposed to the practice of abortion) · es antiabortista (opposed to the practice of abortion) · ca antiavortista (opposed to the practice of abortion) · pl antyaborcyjny (opposed to the practice of abortion) · it antiabortista (opposed to the practice of abortion) · es antiaborto (opposed to the practice of abortion) · gl antiaborto (opposed to the practice of abortion)