pro-family

adjective

pro-fam·​i·​ly ˌprō-ˈfam-lē How to pronounce pro-family (audio)
-ˈfa-mə-
1
: favoring or encouraging traditional family structures and values
2
: opposing abortion and often birth control

Examples of pro-family in a Sentence

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Sophia Lorey, outreach director for the California Family Council, a conservative advocacy group focused on pro-family policies and religious freedom, praised the lawsuit. Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 10 July 2025 The expansion of the child tax credit in the House and Senate versions of the bill is less than many pro-family conservatives would have liked. Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2025 This is the most pro-growth, pro-worker, pro-family legislation ever crafted. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025 With the March for Life on the horizon, there is an opportunity for Republicans to pair pro-life commitments with pro-family legislation like Rep. Blake Moore’s Child Tax Credit expansion bill. Carlos Duran, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025 Veteran pro-life leaders recognize that removing financial barriers to childbirth is the very essence of pro-family, pro-woman policy. MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025 In a speech this spring at the American Enterprise Institute, the conservative think tank in Washington, Boyle made a pitch to a roomful of social conservatives that her project is pro-family. Emma Green, New Yorker, 16 May 2025 Thanks Donald Trump for supporting this common-sense, pro-family, pro-life measure championed by Anna Paulina Luna. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025 Similarly, there was a time when the biggest hit on Broadway was not a girl-power remix of The Wizard of Oz but the pro-God, pro-family, pro-country corpus of Rodgers and Hammerstein (Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music). Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pro-family was in 1926

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“Pro-family.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pro-family. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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