"abolitionist" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ [UK], /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ [US], /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.əst/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abolitionist.wav Forms: more abolitionist [comparative], most abolitionist [superlative]
Etymology: First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|abolition|ist}} abolition + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} abolitionist (comparative more abolitionist, superlative most abolitionist)
  1. In favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
    Sense id: en-abolitionist-en-adj-PrtGeCiX
  2. In favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
    (chiefly historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery.
    Tags: historical Translations (in favor of the abolition of slavery): abolizionista (Basque), абаліцыянісцкі (abalicyjaniscki) (Belarusian), аболиционистки (abolicionistki) (Bulgarian), abolicionistický (Czech), abolitionistisch (German), abolisjonistisk (Norwegian Bokmål), abolicjonistyczny (Polish), аболиционистский (abolicionistskij) (Russian), abolicionistický (Slovak), abolicionista (Spanish), аболіціоні́стський (abolicionístsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-abolitionist-en-adj-1gh7~0Kd Disambiguation of 'in favor of the abolition of slavery': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antiabolitionist

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ [UK], /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ [US], /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.əst/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abolitionist.wav Forms: abolitionists [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|abolition|ist}} abolition + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} abolitionist (plural abolitionists)
  1. A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
    Sense id: en-abolitionist-en-noun-LyPjkPc~
  2. A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
    (chiefly historical, especially US) A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of slavery.
    Tags: US, especially, historical Categories (topical): People, Slavery
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woolly-head [historical], nigger lover (english: highly offensive) Translations (person who favors the abolition): abolicionista [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), абаліцыяніст (abalicyjanist) [masculine] (Belarusian), abolicionista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 廢除主義者 /废除主义者 (fai³ ceoi⁴ zyu² ji⁶ ze²) (Chinese Cantonese), 廢奴主義者 /废奴主义者 (fai³ nou⁴ zyu² ji⁶ ze²) (Chinese Cantonese), 廢除主義者 /废除主义者 (fèichúzhǔyìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 廢奴主義者 /废奴主义者 (fèinúzhǔyìzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), abolitionist [masculine] (Dutch), aboliciisto (Esperanto), abolitionisti (Finnish), abolitionniste [feminine, masculine] (French), abolicionista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), abolizionista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), abolisjonist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abolicjonista [masculine] (Polish), abolicjonistka [feminine] (Polish), abolicionista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), aboliționist (Romanian), аболиционист (abolicionist) [masculine] (Russian), abolicionista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), аболіціоніст (abolicionist) [masculine] (Ukrainian), аболіціоністка (abolicionistka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'person who favors the abolition': 46 54

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      "word": "woolly-head"
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      "english": "highly offensive",
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "word": "abolicionista"
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "word": "abolicionista"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "fai³ ceoi⁴ zyu² ji⁶ ze²",
      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "word": "廢除主義者 /废除主义者"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "fai³ nou⁴ zyu² ji⁶ ze²",
      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "word": "廢奴主義者 /废奴主义者"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèichúzhǔyìzhě",
      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "word": "廢除主義者 /废除主义者"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "fèinúzhǔyìzhě",
      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "word": "廢奴主義者 /废奴主义者"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "word": "aboliciisto"
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "word": "abolitionisti"
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "abolicionista"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "word": "abolizionista"
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "word": "abolisjonist"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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      "word": "abolicionista"
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
      "word": "aboliționist"
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      "sense": "person who favors the abolition",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.