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procreation
noun as in reproduction
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
Groups like ADF have revolted against this view of sex as a form of self-expression, untethered from procreation.
Long-term goal: ADF’s public statements make clear that it wants to oppose sexual relationships that are not heterosexual, in the context of marriage, and with the goal of procreation.
Vance’s performance might have offered him a successful reintroduction to people who knew him only as the online troll insisting that women abandon their cats and get on with the business of procreation, but it’s unlikely to change the course of the election.
Here’s one of his observations, delivered from hospice and published in a book: “What we call feminism is the attempt to flee both of the punishments handed to Eve: the pain of procreation and the pain of turning to men for approval and self-esteem.”
It’s an attempt, completely rooted in theological dogma, to return women, not just to the pain of procreation, but apparently the death of it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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