"birth control" meaning in English

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Noun

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Etymology: Margaret Sanger coined the term "birth control" in 1914, using it in the July 1914 issue of The Woman Rebel, and was criminally indicted for it in August 1914, under the Comstock Law for obscenity in print. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} birth control (uncountable)
  1. Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Birth control, Sex Synonyms: oligogenics Derived forms: birth control glasses, BCG, BCGs, BC (english: BC; birth control; US Navy standard issue eyeglass frames euphemistically referred to as or due to their unattractiveness), birth control pill Related terms: family limitation, family planning, the pill, prophylactic, voluntary motherhood Translations (voluntary control of the number of children conceived): تَحْدِيد اَلنَّسْل (taḥdīd an-nasl) [masculine] (Arabic), 生育控制 (shēngyù kòngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 節育 (Chinese Mandarin), 节育 (jiéyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 避孕 (bìyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 計劃生育 (Chinese Mandarin), 计划生育 (jìhuà shēngyù) (Chinese Mandarin), syntyvyyden säännöstely (Finnish), ehkäisy (Finnish), contrôle des naissances [masculine] (French), შობადობის კონტროლი (šobadobis ḳonṭroli) (Georgian), Geburtenkontrolle [feminine] (German), સંતતિનિયમન (santtiniyaman) [neuter] (Gujarati), जनसंख्या-नियंत्रण (jansaṅkhyā-niyantraṇ) (Hindi), 産児制限 (sanji seigen) (alt: さんじせいげん) (Japanese), туу бақылау (tuu baqylau) (Kazakh), 산아제한 (sanajehan) (Korean), anghientyn [masculine] (Manx), castey clienney [masculine] (Manx), antykoncepcja [feminine] (Polish), controle de natalidade [masculine] (Portuguese), контро́ль рожда́емости (kontrólʹ roždájemosti) [masculine] (Russian), control de la natalidad [masculine] (Spanish), födelsekontroll [common-gender] (Swedish), supil-supling (Tagalog), supil sa panganganak (Tagalog), izeeʼ bichįʼ doo ichį́į́ dahí (Western Apache)
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  2. Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (such as abortion or preventing conception). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Birth control, Sex
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    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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    "Terms with Western Apache translations",
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      "word": "birth control glasses"
    },
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      "word": "BCG"
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      "word": "BCGs"
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      "word": "BC"
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    {
      "word": "birth control pill"
    }
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      "word": "family limitation"
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      "word": "family planning"
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      "word": "the pill"
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    {
      "word": "prophylactic"
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      "word": "voluntary motherhood"
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        "Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception."
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      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "izeeʼ bichįʼ doo ichį́į́ dahí"
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      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "word": "تَحْدِيد اَلنَّسْل"
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      "roman": "shēngyù kòngzhì",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "roman": "bìyùn",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "計劃生育"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìhuà shēngyù",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "syntyvyyden säännöstely"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "ehkäisy"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "contrôle des naissances"
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      "roman": "šobadobis ḳonṭroli",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "შობადობის კონტროლი"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "roman": "jansaṅkhyā-niyantraṇ",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "जनसंख्या-नियंत्रण"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sanji seigen",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "産児制限"
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tuu baqylau",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "туу бақылау"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanajehan",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "산아제한"
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      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "castey clienney"
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      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "antykoncepcja"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "controle de natalidade"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontrólʹ roždájemosti",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контро́ль рожда́емости"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
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      "word": "control de la natalidad"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "födelsekontroll"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "supil-supling"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "voluntary control of the number of children conceived",
      "word": "supil sa panganganak"
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    "en:Margaret Sanger",
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}

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