pro-life

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English

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Etymology

From pro- +‎ life.

Adjective

pro-life (comparative more pro-life, superlative most pro-life)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.
    2. (chiefly US) Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.
      Synonym: anti-abortion
      They were pro-life except in cases of rape, incest, or risk to the life or health of the mother.
    3. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of euthanasia.
    4. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of capital punishment.
      • 2005, Guerrilla Apologetics for Life Issues, page 60:
    5. (specifically) Opposed to suicide.
      • 2016, Jennings Brown, The sordid history of the first sanctioned suicide forum‎:
        Suicidal people can have discussions about suicide on pro-life peer-to-peer forums and hotlines without fear of judgment or intervention.

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Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pro-life.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔˈlajf/
  • Rhymes: -ajf
  • Syllabification: pro‧life

Adjective

pro-life (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (postpositive) pro-life (opposed to abortion)
    Antonym: pro-choice

Noun

pro-life m inan (indeclinable)

  1. antiabortion movement
    Synonym: ruch antyaborcyjny
    Antonym: pro-choice

Declension

Indeclinable

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Declension of pro-life
singular
nominative pro-life
genitive pro-life'u
dative pro-life'owi
accusative pro-life
instrumental pro-life'em
locative pro-lifie
vocative pro-lifie

Noun

pro-life m pers

  1. pro-life activist
    Synonym: prolajfer
    Antonyms: pro-choice, pro-choicer

Declension

Declension of pro-life
singular plural
nominative pro-life pro-life'owie/pro-life'y (deprecative)
genitive pro-life'a pro-life'ów
dative pro-life'owi pro-life'om
accusative pro-life'a pro-life'ów
instrumental pro-life'em pro-life'ami
locative pro-lifie pro-life'ach
vocative pro-lifie pro-life'owie/pro-life'y (deprecative)
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Further reading

  • pro-life I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pro-life II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pro-life in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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