abolitionism

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abolitionism

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Etymology

From abolition +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.əˌnɪz.m̩/
Audio (Canada): (file)

Noun

abolitionism (countable and uncountable, plural abolitionisms)

Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists. [First attested in the early 19th century.]^[1]
- 1991, Willem de Haan, "Abolitionism and Crime Control", in Kevin Martin Stenson, David Cowell, The Politics of Crime Control, SAGE (→ISBN), page 203:
  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.
- 2006, Melissa Hope Ditmore, Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 6:
  Abolitionism is still a powerful philosophy among contemporary feminists, both in the West and in the developing world.
1. Support for the abolition of prisons.
  - 2002, David Levinson, Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment, SAGE, →ISBN, page 1:
    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, […]
2. Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
  - 2006 January 1, Melissa Hope Ditmore, Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 4:
    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, […]
3. (abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.^[2]
(historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.

Derived terms

anti-abolitionism

Related terms

abolitionist

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjonisme
Polish: abolicjonizm

Translations

opinion in favor of the abolition of something

Armenian: աբոլիցիոնիզմ (hy) (abolicʻionizm)
Asturian: abolicionismu m
Catalan: abolicionisme m
Czech: abolicionismus (cs) m
Dutch: abolitionisme (nl) n
Esperanto: aboliciismo
Finnish: abolitionismi (fi)
French: abolitionnisme (fr) m
Galician: abolicionismo (gl) m
German: Abolitionismus (de)
Italian: abolizionismo (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abolisjonisme m
Polish: abolicjonizm (pl) m
Portuguese: abolicionismo (pt) m
Romanian: aboliționism (ro)
Russian: аболициони́зм (ru) (abolicionízm)
Spanish: abolicionismo (es) m
Swedish: abolitionism (sv) c
Ukrainian: аболіціонізм (uk) m (abolicionizm)

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolitionism”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
^ Dias, Elizabeth (2022 July 1) “Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion”, in New York Times‎^[1], The New York Times, retrieved 2022-August-24

Anagrams

mobilisation

Swedish

Etymology

abolition +‎ -ism

Noun

abolitionism c

abolitionism

Declension

Declension of abolitionism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	abolitionism	abolitionisms
singular	definite	abolitionismen	abolitionismens
plural	indefinite	abolitionismer	abolitionismers
plural	definite	abolitionismerna	abolitionismernas

References

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abolitionism”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

[2] Dias, Elizabeth (2022 July 1) “Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion”, in New York Times‎^[1], The New York Times, retrieved 2022-August-24

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