"pro-life" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more pro-life [comparative], most pro-life [superlative]
Etymology: pro- + life Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pro|life}} pro- + life Head templates: {{en-adj}} pro-life (comparative more pro-life, superlative most pro-life)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.
    (chiefly US) Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.
    Tags: US Categories (topical): Abortion Synonyms: anti-abortion
    Sense id: en-pro-life-en-adj-en:anti_abortion Disambiguation of Abortion: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): American English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pro- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 21 29 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 26 24 26 24
  2. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.
    (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of euthanasia.
    Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Abortion
    Sense id: en-pro-life-en-adj-fwHWxwSP Disambiguation of Abortion: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pro- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 21 29 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 26 24 26 24
  3. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.
    (specifically) Opposed to the legalization of capital punishment.
    Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Abortion
    Sense id: en-pro-life-en-adj-Ka-9J8P9 Disambiguation of Abortion: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pro-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 21 35 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 21 29 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 26 24 26 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 20 36 20
  4. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances.
    (specifically) Opposed to suicide.
    Tags: specifically Categories (topical): Abortion
    Sense id: en-pro-life-en-adj-VZszrg6J Disambiguation of Abortion: 25 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with pro- Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 21 29 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pro-: 26 24 26 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: antichoice [derogatory] Hypernyms: consistent life ethic Derived forms: pro-lifer, pro-lifeism Related terms: pro-birth, pro-choice, right to choose Translations (believing that life should be protected): provida (Spanish) Translations (opposed to abortion): abortinvastainen (Finnish), anti-avortement (French), Anti-Abtreibungs- (German), pro-life (Polish), pró-vida (Portuguese), provida (Spanish), antiabortista (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'believing that life should be protected': 25 25 25 25 Disambiguation of 'opposed to abortion': 30 23 22 25

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      "sense": "opposed to abortion",
      "word": "antiabortista"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Anti-abortion movements",
    "Pro-life (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "pro-life"
}

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