antivivisectionist
Americannoun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of antivivisectionist
First recorded in 1880–85; anti- + vivisection + -ist
Example Sentences
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As described by Tom Butler and Antonio Vizcaino in their spectacular book Wildlands Philanthropy, Baxter was an antivivisectionist, who flew a flag at half-mast in Maine’s capital, Augusta, when his dog died.
From Forbes ● Oct. 3, 2011
A strict vegetarian, a militant antivivisectionist, she was famed for her fanatical fight against wearing furs.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was everything from eugenicist to antivivisectionist to amateur Buddhist, but recent and serious studies of his work still call him as much a philosopher as a composer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The 59-year-old Duchess of Hamilton twitches the robe trimmed with artificial fur that she bought for the Coronation of George V. She is an antivivisectionist.
From Time Magazine Archive
How could Dr. Keen have dreamed for a moment that any antivivisectionist would have signed such a recantation?
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
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