Definitions
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- noun A supporter of
breastfeeding ; one who engages inlactivism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I could breastfeed; what kind of lactivist was I, anyway, if I chose not to breastfeed?
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Soon after our daughter was born, we met a person who taught us the word "lactivist" is a real thing that exists.
News & Politics Peter Birkenhead 2010
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Laycock, an Ohio mom and "lactivist" who promotes breastfeeding awareness on her blog and through Café Press t-shirts -- slogans included "That's my baby's lunch you're staring at" and
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My mother was not a lactivist, but she always talked about how she loved being able to breastfeed her babies.
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I was such a lactivist (love that word – new to me!) with my daughter and I too NEVER would have expected to be.
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Despite being a lactivist and breastfeeding in public, I had decided that this meeting was too important for me to be distracted by a squirmy newborn.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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I definitely fall on the lactivist scale of things, but have formula fed.
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Despite being a lactivist and breastfeeding in public, I had decided that this meeting was too important for me to be distracted by a squirmy newborn.
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I consider myself a lactivist, but mostly just on a personal level.
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Not that your lovely post is about this but I didn't get the lactivist thing last time.
Good Things 2007
palooka commented on the word lactivist
An activist who promotes breast-feeding over the use of infant formula - per Word Spy.
April 14, 2007
sionnach commented on the word lactivist
Sometimes referred to as a nipple nazi.
December 9, 2007
arcadia commented on the word lactivist
That would be me!
April 20, 2008
arcadia commented on the word lactivist
Not to be confused with intactivist, which I also am.
October 6, 2008