pro-circumcisionistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

pro-circumcisionist (複数形 pro-circumcisionists)

1. A supporter of male infant circumcision.
   • 1997, Terence L. Nichols, That All May be One: Hierarchy and Participation in the Church, The Liturgical Press (1997), ISBN 0814658571, page 78:

     The question might be raised: if the Jerusalem Council decided against the pro-circumcisionists, in what way did it respect their participation?

   • 1999, Godfrey B. Tangwa, "Circumcision: An African Point of View", in Male and Female Circumcision (eds. George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, & Marilyn Fayre Milos), Kluwer Academic (1999), ISBN 0306461315, page 183:

     Pro-circumcisionists have marshalled as many arguments in its favour as anti-circumcisionists have marshalled against it.

   • 2000, Q News: The Muslim Magazine, Issues 315-326, page 12:

     The target of his ire are clearly groups like Norm UK, which since its inception five years ago, has proved to be a thorn in the flesh of the pro-circumcisionists.

同意語

• pro-circer

反意語

• anti-circer, anti-circumcisionist, intactivist