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Modification vs Intactivism - What's the difference?

modification | intactivism |

As nouns the difference between modification and intactivism

is that modification is the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified while intactivism is the advocacy of a right to genital integrity, ie, the right of a person to not be subjected to involuntary, nontherapeutic modification of their genitals this includes opposition to infant male circumcision and female circumcision, and may also extend to supporting protection of intersex people against involuntary gender reassignment and other nontherapeutic genital surgeries.

modification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified
  • an alteration or adjustment to something
  • * Jim's modification to the radio's tuning resulted in clearer sound.
  • a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring
  • * Due to his sunbathing, Jim's body experienced modifications : he got a tan.
  • (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language
  • * The Chinese word "kòu tóu" had a modification made to become the English "kowtow" .
  • (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am'' => '' 'm'' in ''I'm )

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    * modify * modifier

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    intactivism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The advocacy of a right to genital integrity, i.e., the right of a person to not be subjected to involuntary, nontherapeutic modification of their genitals. This includes opposition to infant male circumcision and female circumcision, and may also extend to supporting protection of intersex people against involuntary gender reassignment and other nontherapeutic genital surgeries.

    • Related terms

    * intactivist * male circumcision * female circumcision * intersex * ambiguous genitalia