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- noun The
philosophical position that asserts anegative value judgment towardsbirth .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I always love it when I get accused of being angry on a feminist blog for antinatalism, or on an atheist blog for vegetarianism.
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I should probably mention that I think every human action is selfish in some sense, so I regard my own antinatalism and vegetarianism as selfish because it brings me pleasure to know I'm trying to minimize my contribution to suffering.
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Yeah, people are often quick to play the “moral preening” card when confronted with arguments for ethical vegetarianism, but this is nothing compared to the hostility reserved for expositors of philanthropic antinatalism.
Sour Grapes 2009
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Samuel is a believer in a philosophy called antinatalism, which holds that it’s wrong to create new people.
This man is suing his parents for giving birth to him Kelsey Piper 2019
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