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

The Anti-Vivisectionist principles of Mr. Browning were very pronounced.

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Not I. Somerled is hard to read, even for a professional character-vivisectionist.

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We hear of a proposal for a bacteriological laboratory on anti-vivisectionist principles, where no inoculations shall be made.

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But an anti-vivisectionist society cannot show results of this kind.

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He specialized as a vivisectionist, and he was a great authority.

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