Dictionary

pro-circumcisionist en · NOUN

Etymology

From pro- + circumcision + -ist.

Meanings

1. A supporter of male infant circumcision.
   • Pro-circumcisionists have marshalled as many arguments in its favour as anti-circumcisionists have marshalled against it. 1999, Godfrey B. Tangwa, “Circumcision: An African Point of View”, in George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Male and Female Circumcision, Kluwer Academic, →ISBN, page 183:
   • The question might be raised: if the Jerusalem Council decided against the pro-circumcisionists, in what way did it respect their participation? 1997, Terence L. Nichols, That All May be One: Hierarchy and Participation in the Church, The Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 78:
   • The target of his ire are clearly groups like Norm UK, which since its inception five years ago, has proved to be a thorn in the flesh of the pro-circumcisionists. 2000, Q News: The Muslim Magazine, numbers 315-326, page 12:

Forms

Antonyms

intactivist · anti-circumcisionist · anti-circer

Synonyms

pro-circer