Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.

  2. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.

    (countable, uncountable)Support for the abolition of prisons.

    the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery

  3. (countable, uncountable)Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.

  5. (US, countable, historical, uncountable)Support for the abolition of slavery.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Abolitionism was an effort to end slavery and the slave trade.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
opinion in favor of the abolition of something:
Русский
By meaning 1
opinion in favor of the abolition of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
opinion in favor of the abolition of something:

Forms

plural: abolitionisms
Singularabolitionism
Pluralabolitionisms

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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