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Plural of abolitionist

regular plural

The plural of abolitionist is abolitionists.

Forms of abolitionist

Singularabolitionist /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/
Pluralabolitionists /ˈæ.bə.lɪʃn̩.ɪsts/
Countablecountable

Abolitionists in a sentence

  • 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
  • The plantocracy argued that abolitionists' efforts were largely responsible for stirring the St.2008, Holger Henke, Karl-Heinz Magister, Constructing vernacular culture in the trans-Caribbean. From the entry St. Dominguan
  • Abolitionists argued that race had no place in a free and democratic society as a dividing line.2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 59. From the entry residual
  • The continued fight between abolitionists and slavers in Missouri caused slave owners to refuge slaves to the Confederate interior.2013, John Christgau, Incident at the Otterville Station: A Civil War Story of Slavery and Rescue, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry slaver
  • Prison abolitionists are dismissed as utopians and idealists whose ideas are at best unrealistic and impracticable, and, at worst, mystifying and foolish.2003, Angela Y. Davis, chapter 1, in Are Prisons Obsolete?, archived from the original on 19 May 2023, pages 9-10. From the entry impracticable

Meaning of abolitionist

  1. adjective In favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
  2. adjective In favor of the abolition of slavery.
  3. noun A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.

Full definition of abolitionist

Questions about the plural of abolitionist

What is the plural of abolitionist?
The plural of abolitionist is abolitionists.
Is abolitionist countable?
Abolitionist is a countable noun.

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