Anti-vivisectionist


a person who opposes .
Also, antivivisection. of, relating to, or characteristic of antivivisectionists or their policies.
Historical Examples

But an anti-vivisectionist society cannot show results of this kind.
Experiments on Animals Stephen Paget

The average anti-vivisectionist disregards them, or at least makes no effort to prevent them.
The Pros and Cons of Vivisection Charles Richet

It affords, in six words, a perfect instance of the anti-vivisectionist at his worst.
Experiments on Animals Stephen Paget

It seems to me that these formal declarations might be accepted by every physiologist as well as by every anti-vivisectionist.
The Pros and Cons of Vivisection Charles Richet

The anti-vivisectionist principles of Mr. Browning were very pronounced.
The Browning Cyclopdia Edward Berdoe

So far from being a heartless person, as he has been at times portrayed, he had a heart as sensitive as an anti-vivisectionist.
The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 Various

One may even be an anti-vivisectionist; but when a dog is mad, the only humanitarian thing to do is to kill it.
Out To Win Coningsby Dawson

He was an anti-vivisectionist, and a member of the royal commission on that subject.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 Various

We hear of a proposal for a bacteriological laboratory on anti-vivisectionist principles, where no inoculations shall be made.
Experiments on Animals Stephen Paget

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