Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Capable of preventing conception.
- n. A device, drug, or chemical agent that prevents conception.
Wiktionary
- adj. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
- n. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. capable of preventing conception or impregnation.
- n. a substance or device used to prevent conception.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an agent or device intended to prevent conception
- adj. capable of preventing conception or impregnation
Etymologies
- Coined in the twentieth century from contra- + conceptive; compare the related contraception. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Hell, one could make the argument that using a contraceptive is the same thing and just circumvent the whole fetus/life debate.”
“The abortion industry ... has redefined the term contraceptive to include poisons ... that cause the early human being to die.”
The Huffington Post: Don C. Reed: How Not to Have Sex in Colorado: the Personhood Amendment
“Santelli, who will present new research findings next week at a meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, says his study — to be published later this year — shows a downturn in contraceptive use since 2003.”
“The DoH has said that if more women opted for longer term contraceptive options then the number of unwanted pregnancies could fall by 73,000.”
“But to suggest that the proof of rape can be contained within a contraceptive is simply ridiculous.”
“It is a huge misrepresentation to relabel contraceptive use as “birth control” with the intention of including abortions.”
“Critics argue that forcible sterilisation is too radical a procedure to be conducted without consent while other options such as a long-term contraceptive solution should be considered.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Critics argue that sterilisation is too radical a procedure to be conducted without consent while other options such as a long-term contraceptive solution should be considered.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“The plan will involve aggressive use of long-term contraceptive measures.”
“Good, long term contraceptive advice would have prevented all of that and a fraction of what it now costs to maintain her and the children might have been used to turn her life around through education or work experience.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘contraceptive’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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contra-
against or opposite; below or beyond
contraband, contrabass, contradiction, contraindication, contrapose, contrast, contraception, contradict, contraceptive, contralto, contraposition, contrary and 1 more...
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Underwordied
Words that, despite being rare, are hardly wordied.
lych gate, lych, rynt, vicinal, vicine, entheal, enthean, demoded, coextensive, miche, prosiliency, agalmatophilia and 119 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
Tweets
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bilby "Contraceptive myths have been around for thousands of years. Ancient methods have varied from crocodile dung and honey before sex, to sea sponges and beeswax after. Perhaps the most intoxicating was alcohol made from stewed beaver's testicles."
- Sudeep Chand, Contraception myths 'widespread', bbc.co.uk, 5 Sep 2009. Sep 5, 2009