Suppressionist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who supports the suppression of something.

    "To treat women always and only as sexual victims, as feminist porn-suppressionists do, is to deny women meaningful agency and the power to effectuate change."

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"To treat women always and only as sexual victims, as feminist porn-suppressionists do, is to deny women meaningful agency and the power to effectuate change."

Etymology

From suppression + -ist.

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