English Explanatory Dictionary

birth control

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception.
  2. Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (such as abortion or preventing conception).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

birth control

Etymology

Margaret Sanger coined the term "birth control" in 1914, using it in the July 1914 issue of The Woman Rebel, and was criminally indicted for it in August 1914, under the Comstock Law for obscenity in print.

Synonyms

oligogenics

Related words

family limitation family planning the pill prophylactic voluntary motherhood

Derived words

birth control glasses BCG BCGs BC birth control pill
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