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pro-lifeism

noun

Etymology

From pro-life + -ism.

  1. derived from *leyp-✻ — “to stick, glue”
  2. inherited from *lībą✻ — “life, body”
  3. inherited from *līb✻
  4. inherited from līf
  5. inherited from lyf
  6. prefixed as pro-life — “pro + life”
  7. suffixed as pro-lifeism — “pro-life + ism”

Definitions

  1. An ideology or policy of opposition to abortion.

    • He starts with three strikes against him: Mormonism, Massachusetts-ism and a suspiciously recent conversion to pro-lifeism.

  2. An ideology of opposition to the legalization of euthanasia.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA