antichoice

[ an-tee-chois, an-tahy- ]

/ ˌæn tiˈtʃɔɪs, ˌæn taɪ- /

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adjective

opposed to the concept that a pregnant woman has the right to choose abortion.

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Nearby words

anticathode, anticavity, anticensorship, anticenter, antichlor, antichoice, anticholinergic, anticholinesterase, antichrist, antichristian, antichthon

Origin of antichoice

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for anti-choice

But the anti-choice mainstream has gotten much more sophisticated.
Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning|Jay Michaelson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To be sure, there are wackos on the anti-choice side, with their photos of fetuses and extreme rhetoric.
Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning|Jay Michaelson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The anti-choice folks have gotten smarter,” says Vicki Saporta, head of the National Abortion Federation.
The Triumph of Bureaucracy Over Abortion Rights|Michelle Goldberg|September 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Policy watchdog RH Reality Check deemed it “one of the most extreme pieces of anti-choice legislation in the country.”
Michigan’s Abortion Bombshell: GOP Gets Last-Minute Restrictions|Allison Yarrow|December 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST

His anti-choice credentials—critical to the religious right—have swayed to and fro like the autumn leaves in New England.
Cheesy Grits, Y’all: In Defense of Mitt Romney’s Political Pandering|Hank Sheinkopf|March 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Word Origin and History for anti-choice

anti-choice

adj.

also antichoice, 1978; see pro-life.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper