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

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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Page One, in a top head adjoining the antivivisection campaign story, the Examiner ran a story hailing a medical discovery made at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital.*

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All they care about is this antivivisection stuff.

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Every unprejudiced mind can see at once that it is not the same as antivivisection.

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

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