antivivisectionist

[ an-tee-viv-uh-sek-shuh-nist, an-tahy- ]

noun

1. a person who opposes vivisection.

adjective

1. Also antivivisection. of, relating to, or characteristic of antivivisectionists or their policies.

Other Words From

• an·ti·viv·i·sec·tion·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of antivivisectionist¹

First recorded in 1880–85; anti- + vivisection + -ist

Example Sentences

Bradford apparently came to his anti-vaxxer stance because he was an antivivisectionist, opposed to anything that caused harm to animals.

From Washington Post

As described by Tom Butler and Antonio Vizcaino in their spectacular book Wildlands Philanthropy, Baxter was an antivivisectionist, who flew a flag at half-mast in Maine’s capital, Augusta, when his dog died.

From Forbes

Mrs. Irene Castle McLaughlin, onetime ballroom dancer and fashionplate, now an antivivisectionist; from her third husband Major Frederic McLaughlin, millionaire coffee importer, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team; charging cruelty, and asking custody of their twelve-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son; in Chicago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, the candidate for, say, the Antivivisectionist Party was entitled to the same exposure as a Democrat or Republican.

From Time Magazine Archive

A strict vegetarian, a militant antivivisectionist, she was famed for her fanatical fight against wearing furs.

From Time Magazine Archive