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antivivisectionist

antivivisectionist

1 9.9
A person who opposes experiments on live animals
  • noun
  • /ˌæntɪˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃənɪst/
  • Archaic
: antiviviseccionista
  • The antivivisectionist argued that animals deserve protection from harmful experiments.

Examples

  • Many antivivisectionists campaign tirelessly against cruelty in animal research.

  • As an antivivisectionist, she believes that testing drugs on animals is unethical.

  • The antivivisectionist society is up in arms.

  • Vigorous debate continued for years, with the humble goat attracting many defenders, including the formidable antivivisectionist Hadwen.

    Academic text (2000)

Antonyms

1 9.9

A scientist who operates on live animals in a lab to study them

How Active

militant
134 7.4
activist
60 3.7
antivivisectionist
  • Archaic
1 9.9
campaigner
30 3.7
opponent
785 2.1
critic
373 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

antivivisectionist = antivivisection (semi-transparent) = anti + vivisection + ist

Adding -ist to antivivisection is a regular person-formation, so the step is transparent even though the full chain depends on a technical base.

Etymology

Antivivisectionist comes from anti- 'against', viv- 'alive', which is the same root as in vivid and survive, and -section 'cutting'. So, an antivivisectionist is a person who is 'against' cutting live animals for experiments.