pro-ana
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English
Etymology
From pro- + ana (“anorexia nervosa”). Compare pro-mia.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɹoʊˈæ.nə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɹəʊˈæ.nə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ænə
- Hyphenation: pro-a‧na
Noun
- A movement for the promotion of behaviors related to anorexia nervosa.
- 2006 December 5, David E. Kelley, Sanford Golden, The Nutcrackers (Boston Legal), season 3, episode 10, spoken by Shelley Ford (Christine Dunford):
- Pro-ana is not a disease, Mr. Crane, it's a lifestyle choice.
- 2013 February 17, Robert King, Michelle King, Red Team/Blue Team (The Good Wife), season 4, episode 14, spoken by Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies):
- Alicia: It's a pro-ana website, isn't it?
Diane: Objection. Relevance?
Howard: Yeah, I- I don't get it. What is that?
Alicia: Pro-ana? It's a site intended to promote anorexia.
- A member of this movement.
- 2004 October 27, Eda R. Uca, Ana's Girls: The Essential Guide to the Underground Eating Disorder Community Online, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69:
- Beyond celebrating the aesthetic value of thinness, pro-anas claim that thinness is a reflection of excellence in other areas of one's life.
- 2009, Avis Rumney, Dying to Please: Anorexia, Treatment and Recovery, 2nd edition, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, →OL, pages 25–26:
- But juxtaposed to a caveat about the life-threatening nature of anorexia is often an avowal of the pro-ana's goal: to help anorexics in their quest for the "ideal" (emaciated) body.