anti-circ
English
Etymology
anti- + circ
Adjective
anti-circ (not comparable)
- Opposed to male infant circumcision.
- 1997, Hank Hyena, "Foreskin or against it?", Salon, 20 August 1997:
- The next morning I typed “circumcision” into Yahoo! Twenty-three site matches appeared. Many were the same affirmative reports I’d already examined, but there was also a promising list of anti-circ groups.
- 2007, Craig Malisow, "The Fantastic Foreskin", Houston Press, 12 July 2007:
- Guerin Woodgate Jr., 29, says he never thought much about his circumcision until he stumbled upon some anti-circ Web sites about ten years ago.
- 2010, Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia (eds. Shirley R. Steinberg, Michael Kehler, & Lindsay Cornish), Greenwood (2010), →ISBN, page 135:
- Circumcision has been widespread as a routine neonatal procedure in America, resulting in an enduring clash between the medical community and the anti-circ (anti-circumcision) movement that hosts conferences, rallies, anti-circ days, and numerous Web sites.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:anti-circ.
- 1997, Hank Hyena, "Foreskin or against it?", Salon, 20 August 1997:
Antonyms
- pro-circ