natalism

English

Etymology

From natal +‎ -ism.

Noun

natalism (uncountable)

1. Pronatalism; an ideology in favour of childbearing.
   • 2019 March, Sarah Ditum, “Mum's the Word”, in Literary Review:

     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 rights) is skin-thin.

Derived terms

• antinatalism

 

Anagrams

• staminal, talisman