intactivist

English

Etymology

Blend of intact + activist.

Noun

intactivist (plural intactivists)

  1. A person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.
    • 2022, Samah Choudhury, Michael J. Altman, Prea Persaud, editors, American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, volume 2, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 173:
      Intactivists argue that the bodies of male babies should remain physically intact, and they consider circumcision to be genital mutilation.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English intactivist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɪn.tɑk.tiˈvɪst/
  • Hyphenation: in‧tac‧ti‧vist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

intactivist m (plural intactivisten)

  1. intactivist [from ca. 2010]
    Hij is intactivist, maar hij vindt het prima als volwassenen zich laten besnijden.
    He's an intactivist, but he finds it all right when adults have themselves circumcised.
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