abolitionism
IPA: æbʌɫˈɪʃʌnɪzʌm
noun
- Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
- Support for the abolition of prisons.
- Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
- (abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.
- (historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.
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Examples of "abolitionism" in Sentences
- Abolitionism is the movement to end human slavery.
- The most dynamic and divisive of them was abolitionism.
- Abolitionism had roots similar to the temperance movement.
- After the Revolutionary War, abolitionism took a firm hold.
- In Britain and America, Quakers were active in abolitionism.
- There was a time in the U.S. when Abolitionism was an extreme view.
- The Tappan brothers made their mark in commerce and in abolitionism.
- The southerners viewed this as the northerners support for abolitionism.
- Building on the many activist Congregational churches, abolitionism flourished.
- The scripture, abolitionism, and republicanism impacted his published writings.