abstainers
abstainers is the plural of abstainer.
Meaning of abstainer
Noun
abstainer (plural abstainers)
- One who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
- To one of my very nervous patients, who was an abstainer, whose fancy was fixed on his mother, and who repeatedly dreamed of climbing stairs accompanied by his mother, I once remarked that moderate masturbation would be less harmful to him than enforced abstinence.1920, Sigmund Freud, chapter V, in M. D. Eder, transl., Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners, New York: The James A. McCann Company
- Synonyms:
- Nazarite, teetotaler
Questions about abstainers
- What is abstainers the plural of?
- Abstainers is the plural of abstainer.
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