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antinatalism

noun

Etymology

From anti- + natalism.

  1. derived from *ǵenh₁-✻
  2. derived from nātālis
  3. inherited from natal,natale — “native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”
  4. formed as natalism — “natal + -ism”
  5. formed as antinatalism — “anti- + natalism”

Definitions

  1. A philosophical view that deems procreation as immoral.

    • Efilism, a form of antinatalism also linked to promortalism, gets its name by spelling “life” backwards.

The neighborhood

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