🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pronatalismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pɾonataˈlizmu/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pronatalism/ˌproʊˈneɪ.təl.ɪ.zəm/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O pronatalismo incentiva o crescimento populacional."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An ideology or policy that encourages childbearing and promotes the growth of the human population.

    "Government policies combating declining birth rates often lean toward modern pronatalism."
  2. 2

    A cultural stance that privileges reproduction and parenthood as a primary social duty and norm.

    "Societal pressures driven by pronatalism can alienate those who choose not to have children."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin prefix pro- (meaning 'forward' or 'in favor of') combined with the Latin natalis (meaning 'pertaining to birth'), with the English suffix -ism denoting a doctrine or system. The term emerged in the 20th century to describe government policies or social ideologies that actively encourage childbearing and population growth.

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