antiabortion

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adjective

Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.

Similar
pro-lifeanti-choice
OriginEnglish abortion ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti →
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Meanings

adjectiveantiabortion (comparative more antiabortion, superlative most antiabortion)

comparative more antiabortion · superlative most antiabortion · alternative anti-abortion

  1. Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.

    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
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    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

    Synonyms: pro-life, anti-choice

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOpposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.

Similar
pro-lifeanti-choice

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishabortion
  8. Englishantiabortion

From anti- + abortion.

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Translations

Catalan antiavortista
  • antiavortistaopposed to the practice of abortion
Finnish abortinvastainen
  • abortinvastainenopposed to the practice of abortion
French anti-avortement
  • anti-avortementopposed to the practice of abortion
German Anti-Abtreibungs-
  • Anti-Abtreibungs-opposed to the practice of abortion
Hungarian abortuszellenes
  • abortuszellenesopposed to the practice of abortion
Italian antiaborto, antiabortista
  • antiabortoopposed to the practice of abortion
  • antiabortistaopposed to the practice of abortion
Polish antyaborcyjny
  • antyaborcyjnyopposed to the practice of abortion
Portuguese antiaborto, antiabortista
  • antiabortoopposed to the practice of abortion
  • antiabortistaopposed to the practice of abortion
Spanish antiaborto, antiabortista
  • antiabortoopposed to the practice of abortion
  • antiabortistaopposed to the practice of abortion
Cite this entry
APA

antiabortion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiabortion

MLA

“antiabortion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiabortion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiabortion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiabortion.

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