pro-choice

pro-choice

[proh-chois]
adjective
supporting or advocating legalized abortion.
Also, pro·choice.
Compare pro-life.


Origin:
1970–75

pro-choic·er, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To pro-choice
Collins
World English Dictionary
pro-choice
 
adj
Compare pro-life (of an organization, pressure group, etc) supporting the right of a woman to have an abortion

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Pro-choice is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Etymonline
Word Origin & History

pro-choice
"favoring a right to abortion," 1975, from pro- + choice.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT