pro-choice

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
    — When I defend my pro-choice position in the debate over abortion in our country, I frequently refer to Romania, where pregnancy could be monitored on behalf of the state, and to China, where it could be forcibly terminated.
  2. Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to end their life by euthanasia.
    — These cases help create and sustain an essentially pro-choice regime, at least with respect to passive euthanasia and arguably with respect to physician-assisted suicide as well.
  3. Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty.
    — Individualism, self-determination, and pro-choice rhetorics are additional cultural discourses that play into this experience as well: the ability to make your own choices in life and to be able to succeed with those choices is the quintessential American dream.

词形变化

prochoice alternative

词汇关系

近义词
proabortion antilife prodeath
反义词
anti-choice
衍生词
pro-choicer
相关词
pro-life

词源

Etymology tree
English pro-
English choice
English pro-choice
From pro- + choice.
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