Learn English – what do you call a person who has chosen not to have children

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what do you call a person who has chosen not to have children ?

a person who can breed but has decided not to for lifestyle or moral ethical or economical reasons

Best Answer

The person can be said to be childless:

COBUILD Advanced British English Dictionary
adjective
Someone who is childless has no children

However, this word is too vague to fit your request: it covers both involuntary and voluntary childlessness. As that Wikipedia article indicates, one adjective that is used to describe the latter state is child-free or childfree. I don't personally care for the term; to me it has the same "trying to force a positive connotation" vibe as "80 years young." I have no idea if many other people share my prejudices, but Wikipedia says the adjective was coined relatively recently (the late 20th century) and many publications still put it in quotation marks when they mention it (example: 5 Things ‘Childfree’ People Want You To Know–Huffington Post).