Intactivist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.

    "Intactivists argue that the bodies of male babies should remain physically intact, and they consider circumcision to be genital mutilation."

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anti circeranti-circeranti-circumcisionist

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"Intactivists argue that the bodies of male babies should remain physically intact, and they consider circumcision to be genital mutilation."

Etymology

Blend of intact + activist.

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male circumcision

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