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antivivisection

British  
/ ˌæntɪˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃən /

adjective

  1. opposed to the act or practice or performing experiments on living animals, involving cutting into or dissecting the body

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As a moral crusade, it was taking its place alongside such other newsless Hearst favorites as antivivisection, anti-cockfighting and the whipping post for wife-beaters.

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Those closest to young Hearst predict that he will soon drop such Hearstian acts as antivivisection campaigns, try to get a note of restraint into editorials.

From Time Magazine Archive

Founder Mitchell it was who ignited and kept ablaze Life's longtime antivivisection campaign.

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She fed neighborhood strays, marched in antivivisection protests and pushed for legislation outlawing cruelty to animals.

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He is not favourable to antivivisection, but to restriction.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert

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