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Voluntary control of the number of children conceived, especially by the planned use of contraception.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Any technique used to prevent the birth of a child (such as abortion or preventing conception).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
limiting the number of children born
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: birth prevention, family planning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planning
Narrower terms: coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, onanism, natural family planning, contraception, contraceptive method
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.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Western Apache:
izeeʼ bichįʼ doo ichį́į́ dahí
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Arabic:
تَحْدِيد اَلنَّسْل
(taḥdīd an-nasl)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Catalan:
control de la natalitat
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Chinese Mandarin:
節育 /节育
(jiéyù)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Chinese Mandarin:
避孕
(bìyùn)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Chinese Mandarin:
計劃生育 /计划生育
(jìhuà shēngyù)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Finnish:
syntyvyyden säännöstely
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Finnish:
ehkäisy
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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French:
contrôle des naissances
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Georgian:
შობადობის კონტროლი
(šobadobis ḳonṭroli)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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German:
Geburtenkontrolle
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Gujarati:
સંતતિનિયમન
(santtiniyaman)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Hindi:
जनसंख्या-नियंत्रण
(jansaṅkhyā-niyantraṇ)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Japanese:
産児制限
(sanji seigen)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Kazakh:
туу бақылау
(tuu baqylau)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Korean:
산아제한
(sanajehan)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Manx:
anghientyn
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Manx:
castey clienney
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Polish:
antykoncepcja
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Portuguese:
controle de natalidade
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Russian:
контро́ль рожда́емости
(kontrólʹ roždájemosti)
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Spanish:
control de la natalidad
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Spanish:
método anticonceptivo
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Swedish:
födelsekontroll
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Tagalog:
supil-supling
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Tagalog:
supil sa panganganak
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
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Welsh:
atal cenhedlu
— voluntary control of the number of children conceived
