abolitionism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Italic *ap
Latin abder.
Latin ab-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *olō
Proto-Italic *oleō
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Latin aboleō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin abolitiōnemlbor.
Old French abolucion
Middle French abolitionbor.
English abolition
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English abolitionism
From abolition + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: abolitionisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Abolitionism is based on the moral conviction that social life should not and, in fact, cannot be regulated effectively by criminal law …. As a social movement committed to the abolition of the prison or even the entire penal system, abolitionism originated in campaigns for prisoners' rights and penal reform.
Abolitionism is still a powerful philosophy among contemporary feminists, both in the West and in the developing world.
gloss: Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ABOLITIONISM
Prisons and jails have been condemned, at least by some, for as long as they have existed.[…] In the United States, the most profound statement of support for abolitionism is the document Instead of Prisons […] Abolitionism has also given emphasis to didferent strategies for change, ranging from simply abolishing prisons to abolishing the entire criminal justice apparatus, […]
gloss: Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Abolitionism is a term that refers to a particular ideological and legal approach to prostitution. The approach has its roots in 19th-century feminism and is still a potent force […] Thus abolitionism arose as a movement against the state regulation of prostitution. The leader of the abolitionist movement was Josephine Butler, […]
gloss: Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Support for the abolition of slavery.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
historical
uncountable
Related words: abolitionist
Derived words: anti-abolitionism
antiabolitionism
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: աբոլիցիոնիզմ
roman: abolicʻionizm
lang: Asturian
word: abolicionismu
lang: Catalan
word: abolicionisme
lang: Czech
word: abolicionismus
lang: Dutch
word: abolitionisme
lang: Esperanto
word: aboliciismo
lang: Finnish
word: abolitionismi
lang: French
word: abolitionnisme
lang: Galician
word: abolicionismo
lang: German
word: Abolitionismus
lang: Italian
word: abolizionismo
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: abolisjonisme
lang: Polish
word: abolicjonizm
lang: Portuguese
word: abolicionismo
lang: Romanian
word: aboliționism
lang: Russian
word: аболициони́зм
roman: abolicionízm
lang: Spanish
word: abolicionismo
lang: Swedish
word: abolitionism
lang: Ukrainian
word: підтримувати скасування чогось
roman: pidtrymuvaty skasuvannja čohosʹ