Home › Words › I › intactivistintactivistintactivist means A person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.EtymologyBlend of intact + activist.nounA person who is involved in intactivism; one who campaigns against involuntary, nontherapeutic genital modification, such as infant male circumcision.e.g.“Intactivists argue that the bodies of male babies should remain physically intact, and they consider circumcision to be genital mutilation.” — 2022, Samah Choudhury, Michael J. Altman, Prea Persaud, editors, American Examples: New Conversations about Religion, volume 2, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 173:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anticircumcision 67% match — Opposing or acting against circumcision. vs intactivist →circumcisionist 63% match — A person who performs circumcisions, especially as a profession. vs intactivist →circumcisionism 63% match — The advocacy or practice of circumcision. vs intactivist →craftivist 57% match — One who takes part in craftivism. vs intactivist →circumcisor 56% match — One who carries out circumcision. vs intactivist →intifadist 56% match — A proponent of an intifada. vs intactivist →artivist 56% match — A person who engages in artivism. vs intactivist →lactivist 56% match — A supporter of breastfeeding, and especially of the right to nurse children in public; one who engages in lactivism. vs intactivist →