anti-circumcisionist

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ circumcision +‎ -ist.

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anti-circumcisionist (plural anti-circumcisionists)

  1. One who opposes male infant circumcision.
    • 1986, Bernard Ohanian, "Primal Cut: The Fight Over Circumcision", Mother Jones, April/May 1986, page 28:
      Some anti-circumcisionists would outlaw the practice of infant circumcision, even for religious reasons.
    • 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:
      Pro-circumcisionists have marshalled as many arguments in its favour as anti-circumcisionists have marshalled against it.
    • 2003, Suzanne LaFont, Constructing Sexualities: Readings in Sexuality, Gender, and Culture, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 131:
      Entrenched customs die hard, and the task facing anti-circumcisionists is daunting. They can take heart, however, from the precedents: foot binding and widow burning, once widespread in China and India, respectively, have been abolished.

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