vivisectionist

[ viv-uh-sek-shuh-nist ]

noun

1. a person who vivisects.
2. a person who favors or defends the practice of vivisection.

vivisectionist

/ ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkʃənɪst /

noun

1. a person who practises vivisection
2. a person who advocates the practice of vivisection as being useful or necessary to science

Word History and Origins

Origin of vivisectionist¹

First recorded in 1875–80; vivisection + -ist

Example Sentences

Beryl, it turns out, is an “authoress,” whose novels include “The Haunted Treasure of Bone Island,” “The Iron Hare of Chateau Sang,” and the chillingly suggestive, “M. Bourne, Vivisectionist.”

From Washington Post

After years of erratic but always fascinating work as experimental theater’s foremost vivisectionist, who has peeled the skin off classics like “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “The Little Foxes,” Mr. van Hove suddenly finds himself embraced as a mainstream flavor of the day.

From New York Times

I said, ‘Well, you’re lucky to have a grave. Most likely they’ll give Perry and me to the vivisectionist.’

From Literature

The body catches the eye of a prickly vivisectionist who instantly perks up at the sight of the bizarre find.

From New York Times

Set in the Clapham/Battersea borders at the turn of the century, the novel tells the strange, sad story of Alice Rowlands and her vicious father – he puts down his cancer-ridden wife like an animal, while selling the creatures brought to him for the same reason to the vivisectionist.

From The Guardian