- family planning
- noun Date: 1939 planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one's children through birth control
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family planning — contradicts deep rooted ideals among the Chinese, especially those in the countryside, who believe in large families and many sons. The concept of family planning was first advocated by some intellectuals after 1953, when the first census under… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
family planning — n [U] the practice of controlling the number of children that are born by using ↑contraception ▪ a family planning clinic … Dictionary of contemporary English
family planning — noun uncount the practice of controlling the number of children that you have by using CONTRACEPTIVES (=drugs, objects, or methods that stop a woman from becoming pregnant): a family planning clinic … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
family planning — plan iŋ n planning intended to determine the number and spacing of one s children through effective methods of birth control * * * 1. the use of contraception to limit or space out the numbers of children born to a couple. 2. provision of… … Medical dictionary
family planning — ► NOUN ▪ the control of the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births by means of contraception … English terms dictionary
family planning — n. the regulation, as by birth control methods, of the number, spacing, etc. of children that a family will have … English World dictionary
Family planning — [http://www.who.int/topics/family planning/en/ WHO | Family planning ] ] . Family planning is sometimes used as a synonym for the use of birth control, though it often includes more.It is most usually applied to the circumstance of a monogamous… … Wikipedia
family planning — noun limiting the number of children born (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑birth control, ↑birth prevention • Hypernyms: ↑planning • Hyponyms: ↑coitus interruptus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family planning — 1. the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, esp. for economic reasons. 2. (loosely) birth control. [1935 40] * * * Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of… … Universalium
family planning — N UNCOUNT: oft N n Family planning is the practice of using contraception to control the number of children you have. ...a family planning clinic … English dictionary
family planning — contraception This standard English use denotes the reversal of planning a family for most people most of the time. In many compounds, such as family planning requisites, contraceptives … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
