natalism

English

Etymology

From natal +‎ -ism.

Noun

natalism (uncountable)

1. Pronatalism; an ideology in favor of childbearing.
   • 2019 March, Sarah Ditum, “Mum's the Word”, in Literary Review:

     Falling birth rates are being met in many nations with a backlash: in China, Poland, Hungary and elsewhere, natalism is making a comeback, and the line between policies that are ‘pro-family’ (benefits and incentives) and those that are ‘anti-woman’ (abortion bans and the rescinding of workplace rights) is skin-thin.

   • 2024 April 28, Gaby Del Valle, “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population”, in POLITICO‎:

     Many of the speakers and attendees see natalism as a way of reversing these changes.

Derived terms

• antinatalism

Anagrams

• staminal, talisman