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antialcoholism

antialcoholism noun: opposition to alcoholism.

Noun

antialcoholism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to alcoholism.
    • As Gorbachev's antialcoholism campaign intensified, it became increasingly difficult to purchase once-ubiquitous vodka.1989, David A. Harris, "AJC and Soviet Jews", Washington Jewish Week, in In the Trenches (volume 2, page 104)

Origin of antialcoholism

From anti- + alcoholism.

Questions about antialcoholism

What does antialcoholism mean?
Antialcoholism means opposition to alcoholism.
What part of speech is antialcoholism?
Antialcoholism is a noun.

Words near antialcoholism in the dictionary

  1. antialbumids
  2. antialbuminuric
  3. antialcohol
  4. antialcoholic
  5. antialcoholics
  6. antialcoholism
  7. antialcoholist
  8. antialcoholists
  9. antialdosterone
  10. antialdosteronic
  11. antialexin

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