pro‐lifeの英語

語源

From pro- +‎ life.

発音

形容詞

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.
   1. (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.

   2. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of euthanasia.
   3. (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of capital punishment.
      • 2005, Guerrilla Apologetics for Life Issues, page 60:
   4. (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.

同意語

• (derogatory) antichoice

反意語

• anti-life
• pro-death

上位語

• consistent life ethic

派生語

• claims to be pro-life
• pro-lifer
• pro-lifeism

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