abolitionist
A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or…A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
» Abolitionists believed slavery was evil, and that there could be no compromise with evil.
Meaning
2 sensesA person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
(US, especially, historical)A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of slavery.
аболиционистabolicionist
аболіціоністabolicionist, аболіціоністкаabolicionistka
- a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
Examples
3 sentencesAbolitionists believed slavery was evil, and that there could be no compromise with evil.
He was not an abolitionist.
Many abolitionists in 19th-century America were of German descent.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist.First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist.
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Forms
plural: abolitionists| Singular | abolitionist |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- a reformer who favors abolishing slavery:emancipationist