"anticircumcision" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more anticircumcision [comparative], most anticircumcision [superlative]
Etymology: From anti- + circumcision. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|anti-|circumcision|text=+|tree=1}} From anti- + circumcision., {{ety|en|:af|anti-|circumcision|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Latin circumcīdō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -siō Latin circumcīsiō Old French circumcisiounbor. Middle English circumcisioun English circumcision English anticircumcision From anti- + circumcision. Head templates: {{en-adj}} anticircumcision (comparative more anticircumcision, superlative most anticircumcision)
  1. Opposing or acting against circumcision.
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