anti-circumcisionist

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ circumcision +‎ -ist

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• anti-circer, intactivist

Antonyms

• pro-circer, pro-circumcisionist