temperance movement
temperance movement · temperance movements
A social movement which campaigned against the consumption of alcohol, and which…A social movement which campaigned against the consumption of alcohol, and which spread to many countries in its heyday in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
» They joined in the temperance movement.
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1 sensesA social movement which campaigned against the consumption of alcohol, and which spread to many countries in its heyday in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Examples
1 sentencesThey joined in the temperance movement.
Forms
plural: temperance movements| Singular | temperance movement |
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