"abolitionism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.əˌnɪz.m̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-abolitionism.wav Forms: abolitionisms [plural]
Etymology: From abolition + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|abolition|ism}} abolition + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abolitionism (countable and uncountable, plural abolitionisms)
  1. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
    Support for the abolition of prisons.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Slavery
    Sense id: en-abolitionism-en-noun-w8a~qQo2 Disambiguation of Slavery: 13 27 17 13 29
  2. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
    Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Abortion, Slavery, Sociology
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  3. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
    (abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Slavery
    Sense id: en-abolitionism-en-noun-QNH4qbl~ Disambiguation of Slavery: 13 27 17 13 29
  4. Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Slavery
    Sense id: en-abolitionism-en-noun-4MTorv7j Disambiguation of Slavery: 13 27 17 13 29
  5. (historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery. Tags: US, countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Slavery
    Sense id: en-abolitionism-en-noun-ov-PM9ff Disambiguation of Slavery: 13 27 17 13 29 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anti-abolitionism Related terms: abolitionist Translations (opinion in favor of the abolition of something): աբոլիցիոնիզմ (abolicʻionizm) (Armenian), abolicionismu [masculine] (Asturian), abolicionisme [masculine] (Catalan), abolicionismus [masculine] (Czech), abolitionisme [neuter] (Dutch), aboliciismo (Esperanto), abolitionismi (Finnish), abolitionnisme [masculine] (French), abolicionismo [masculine] (Galician), Abolitionismus (German), abolizionismo [masculine] (Italian), abolisjonisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), abolicjonizm [masculine] (Polish), abolicionismo [masculine] (Portuguese), aboliționism (Romanian), аболициони́зм (abolicionízm) (Russian), abolicionismo [masculine] (Spanish), abolitionism [common-gender] (Swedish), аболіціонізм (abolicionizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'opinion in favor of the abolition of something': 19 21 19 19 21

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