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English
Etymology
Blend of intact + activist.
Noun
intactivist (plural intactivists)
- 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)
- intactivist
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.