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proslavery

proslavery adjective: supporting slavery.

Adjective

proslavery (comparative more proslavery, superlative most proslavery)

  1. Supporting slavery.
    • By 1835 the excitement was at its height, and especially along the line of the moral and religious argumentation, where the proslavery men met talk with talk.1902, John Lord, Beacon Lights of History, Volume XII
    • When it seemed later that the cause of freedom would eventually triumph the proslavery element undertook to perpetuate slavery through a system of indentured servant labor.1918, Carter G. Woodson, A Century of Negro Migration
    Synonyms:
    proslave

Noun

proslavery (uncountable)

  1. Support for the institution of slavery.
    • The old wisdom that southerners rose up in unison in 1831 after a decade of preparation in the tenets of proslavery is patently an erroneous interpretation.1990, Larry E. Tise, Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 1701-1840, page 308
    Synonyms:
    proslaveryism

Synonyms of proslavery

Forms of proslavery

comparativemore proslavery
superlativemost proslavery

Origin of proslavery

From pro- + slavery.

Questions about proslavery

What does proslavery mean?
Proslavery means supporting slavery.
What part of speech is proslavery?
Proslavery can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near proslavery in the dictionary

  1. proslambanomenoi
  2. proslambanomenos
  3. proslave
  4. proslaver
  5. proslavers
  6. proslavery
  7. proslaveryism
  8. proslavic
  9. proslavist
  10. proslavists
  11. proslepsis

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