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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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But by the time he reached high school, he had become a vegetarian, formed an antivivisection study group, bought a truck to recycle the school's trash and, as a senior, founded the Sierra Student Coalition.

From Time Magazine Archive

All they care about is this antivivisection stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

George Bernard Shaw took up every sort of cause from Fabianism to vegetarianism to antivivisection.

From Time Magazine Archive

His opposition to antivivisection ideals has always been pronounced; but it has not prevented recognition of the abuses of the unlimited practice of animal experimentation.

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

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