abolitionist
/ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/US/ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/
abolitionist adjective: in favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
Adjective
abolitionist (comparative more abolitionist, superlative most abolitionist)
- In favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
- In favor of the abolition of slavery.
- This case, and others, drove and enlarged the existing abolitionist movement in the country, opposed, of course, by the merchants and plantation owners who were making a massive profit from the slaves held in various colonies.2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 3:58 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024
- In favor of the abolition of slavery.
Noun
abolitionist (plural abolitionists)
- A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
- Both feminist and religiously inspired abolitionists have long viewed, and continue to view, male demand for commercial sex as a root cause of prostitution.2005, Julia O'Connell Davidson, Children in the Global Sex Trade, Polity, →ISBN, page 107
- Furthermore, abolitionists argue that prisons are a form of violence and should be destroyed because they reflect “a social ethos of violence and degradation" [...] Abolitionists argue that prisons should be replaced, or at least decentralized, by democratic community control and community-based...2007, J. Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen, Richard A. Ball, Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences, SAGE, →ISBN, page 198
- A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of slavery.
- Among other slave notabilities of the plantation, was one called by everybody Uncle Isaac Copper. It is seldom that a slave gets a surname from anybody in Maryland; and so completely has the south shaped the manners of the north, in this respect, that even abolitionists make very little of the...1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC
abolitionist meaning in Tamil
abolitionist in Tamil
- அடிமைத்தனம் முதலியன ஒழிக்கப் போராடுபவர், நீக்கவாதி
Examples of abolitionist in a sentence
- The plantocracy argued that abolitionists' efforts were largely responsible for stirring the St.
- Abolitionists argued that race had no place in a free and democratic society as a dividing line.
- The continued fight between abolitionists and slavers in Missouri caused slave owners to refuge slaves to the Confederate interior.
Synonyms of abolitionist
Forms of abolitionist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more abolitionist |
| superlative | most abolitionist |
| Noun | |
| plural | abolitionists |
Origin of abolitionist
First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist.
Words formed from abolitionist
Questions about abolitionist
- What does abolitionist mean?
- Abolitionist means in favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
- What is abolitionist in Tamil?
- Abolitionist in Tamil is அடிமைத்தனம் முதலியன ஒழிக்கப் போராடுபவர், நீக்கவாதி. See Abolitionist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abolitionist?
- Abolitionist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce abolitionist?
- Abolitionist is pronounced /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ (UK).
Words near abolitionist in the dictionary
Source and license
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