abortionist
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8.7
- noun
- /əˈbɔːrʃənɪst/
- Archaic
:
abortista
- An ambulance arrived Monday morning at the FPA abortion center in Bakersfield, as abortionist Vernon Wagner continued aborting babies inside.
- criminal abortionists
Examples
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Many women sought the help of an abortionist when facing unwanted pregnancies.
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And here live Mukhtar Sakanov, town mechanic and abortionist.
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Sounds more like an abortionist than a doctor.
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There is an abortionist from Korea.
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On a practical level, the most likely witness against a criminal abortionist was a woman upon whom an abortion had been performed.
Academic text (2016) -
Women deserve better than to have such abortionists operate on them.
Blog text (17) -
Send for the abortionist.
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For example, as an Illinois senator, he voted against requiring abortionists to provide medical care for babies who survive abortion.
Blog text (28) -
An illegal abortionist operated in secret, risking the health of those who came to her.
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The documentary highlighted the dangers posed by unlicensed abortionists in the community.
Synonyms
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4.9
A doctor who performs abortions
A doctor who mainly ends pregnancies
Compounds
How Qualified
- Specialized
58
4.2
∞
1.0
- Specialized
- Archaic
12
8.7
65
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abortionist is made from abortion plus the ending -ist, and -ist means 'a person who does something'. The word abortion comes from ab- 'away' and a root meaning 'to be born', so it originally meant 'a birth taken away', which is why an abortionist is someone who performs abortions.