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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Scope of Word "Anti-Life"
Dear All,
Could you, please, let me know whether the word "anti-life" has become hopelessly associated with the abortion-debate, or it can still be used in its original, wider sense, if mentioned in connection with religion?
(I mean, will a reader automatically think I take a stand in the subject of abortion if I use the word in a text that concerns religion?)
Thanks!
Could you, please, let me know whether the word "anti-life" has become hopelessly associated with the abortion-debate, or it can still be used in its original, wider sense, if mentioned in connection with religion?
(I mean, will a reader automatically think I take a stand in the subject of abortion if I use the word in a text that concerns religion?)
Thanks!
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Hi, Could you, please, let me know whether the word "anti-life" has become hopelessly associated with the abortion-debate, or it can still be used in its original, wider sense, if mentioned in connection with religion? ) I haven't heard this term used in connection with the abortion debate. I usually hear pro-life - meaning anti-abortion pro-choice - meaning in favour of abortion as a choice In fact, I haven't heard the term 'anti-life' at all.
- Hi, Could you, please, let me know whether the word "anti-life" has become hopelessly associated with the abortion-debate, or it can still be used in its original, wider sense, if mentioned in connection with religion?
- ) I haven't heard this term used in connection with the abortion debate.
- I usually hear pro-life - meaning anti-abortion pro-choice - meaning in favour of abortion as a choice In fact, I haven't heard the term 'anti-life' at all.
- I don't really understand what it means.
- Clive
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Hi,
Could you, please, let me know whether the word "anti-life" has become hopelessly associated with the abortion-debate, or it can still be used in its original, wider sense, if mentioned in connection with religion?
(I mean, will a reader automatically think I take a stand in the subject of abortion if I use the word in a text that
Could you, please, let me know whether the word "anti-life" has become hopelessly associated with the abortion-debate, or it can still be used in its original, wider sense, if mentioned in connection with religion?
(I mean, will a reader automatically think I take a stand in the subject of abortion if I use the word in a text that
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Dear Clive,
Thank you for your response.
Google gives a lot of hits for it, and it can be found in Merriam-Webster, too:
"antagonistic or antithetical to life or to normal human values".
(Even though Cambridge Dictionaries Online basically equals it with the abortion-related term "pro-choice").
I'd think ''anti-life
Thank you for your response.
Google gives a lot of hits for it, and it can be found in Merriam-Webster, too:
"antagonistic or antithetical to life or to normal human values".
(Even though Cambridge Dictionaries Online basically equals it with the abortion-related term "pro-choice").
I'd think ''anti-life
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Hi,
As I said, I haven't heard it.
I'd have to try to figure the meaning out from the context, I suppose.
It would sound odd to say
eg Tom is anti-life.
As I said, I haven't heard it.
I'd have to try to figure the meaning out from the context, I suppose.
It would sound odd to say
eg Tom is anti-life.
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