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abortionist

noun
/əˈbɔɹ.ʃə.nɪst/US

Etymology

From abortion + -ist.

  1. borrowed from abortiō — “miscarriage, abortion”
  2. suffixed as abortionist — “abortion + ist”

Definitions

  1. A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly.

    • Mad. Restell, the celebrated Abortionist [is arrested].
    • The quack abortionist, with “a little knowledge,” impudently, remorselessly, and secretly employs his craft for filthy lucre’s sake, perpetrating one crime to conceal another, at which science and charity blush.
    • Such a fetus is perfectly viable save for the act of the abortionist.

  2. A person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:abortionist.

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Derived

anti-abortionist, antiabortionist, pro-abortionist

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA