intactivist

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noun

A person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.

Similar
anti-circeranti-circumcisionist
Opposite
pro-circerpro-circumcisionist
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Meanings

nounintactivist (plural intactivists)

plural intactivists

  1. A person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.

    Intactivists argue that the bodies of male babies should remain physically intact, and they consider circumcision to be genital mutilation.

    2022, Samah Choudhury, Michael J. Altman, Prea Persaud, editors, American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, volume 2, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 173

    Synonyms: anti-circer, anti-circumcisionist · Antonyms: pro-circer, pro-circumcisionist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.

Similar
anti-circeranti-circumcisionist
Opposite
pro-circerpro-circumcisionist
Also see
anti-circeranti-circumcisionist

Origin

Blend of intact + activist.

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APA

intactivist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intactivist

MLA

“intactivist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intactivist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intactivist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intactivist.

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