natalist

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noun

A supporter of natalism; one who is in favour of childbearing.

Opposite
Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounnatalist (plural natalists)

plural natalists

  1. A supporter of natalism; one who is in favour of childbearing.
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    Ultimately, this is what unites the Collinses with the more “trad” wings of the natalist movement, from the nativists to the Christian nationalists: pushing back on social and cultural changes they see as imposed on them by outside forces. […] All the natalists have to do is have enough kids so that, in a generation or two, they’ll be the ones who inherit the earth.

    2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO

    Synonyms: pronatalist, breeder · Antonyms: antinatalist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA supporter of natalism; one who is in favour of childbearing.

Opposite
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Origin

  1. Latinnātālis
  2. Middle Englishnatal
  3. Englishnatal
  4. Englishnatalist

From natal + -ist.

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APA

natalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natalist

MLA

“natalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “natalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/natalist.

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