Dictionary

abolitionist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ (US)
• /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.əst/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist.

Meanings

1. In favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
2. (historical) In favor of the abolition of any particular institution or practice. ▸ In favor of the abolition of slavery.
   • This case, and others, drove and enlarged the existing abolitionist movement in the country, opposed, of course, by the merchants and plantation owners who were making a massive profit from the slaves held in various colonies. 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 3:58 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:

Forms

Deriveds

antiabolitionist

Translations (12)

cs abolicionistický (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · eu abolizionista (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · fi orjuudenvastainen (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · de abolitionistisch (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · nb abolisjonistisk (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · uk аболіціоні́стський (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · ru аболиционистский (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · pl abolicjonistyczny (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · sk abolicionistický (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · be абаліцыянісцкі (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · es abolicionista (in favor of the abolition of slavery) · bg аболиционистки (in favor of the abolition of slavery)

abolitionist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ (US)
• /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.əst/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ (UK)

Etymology

First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
   • Both feminist and religiously inspired abolitionists have long viewed, and continue to view, male demand for commercial sex as a root cause of prostitution. 2005, Julia O'Connell Davidson, Children in the Global Sex Trade, Polity, →ISBN, page 107:
   • Furthermore, abolitionists argue that prisons are a form of violence and should be destroyed because they reflect “a social ethos of violence and degradation" [...] Abolitionists argue that prisons should be replaced, or at least decentralized, by democratic community control and community-based treatment that would emphasize "redress" or "restorative justice." 2007, J. Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen, Richard A. Ball, Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences, SAGE, →ISBN, page 198:
2. (US, especially, historical) A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of any particular institution or practice. ▸ A person favoring or advocating for the abolition of slavery.
   • Among other slave notabilities of the plantation, was one called by everybody Uncle Isaac Copper. It is seldom that a slave gets a surname from anybody in Maryland; and so completely has the south shaped the manners of the north, in this respect, that even abolitionists make very little of the surname of a negro. 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:

Forms

Descendants

abolicjonista · abolisjonist

Synonyms

nigger lover · woolly-head

Translations (22)

uk аболіціоністка (person who favors the abolition) · es abolicionista (person who favors the abolition) · pt abolicionista (person who favors the abolition) · eo aboliciisto (person who favors the abolition) · nb abolisjonist (person who favors the abolition) · pl abolicjonista (person who favors the abolition) · yue 廢除主義者 /废除主义者 (person who favors the abolition) · gl abolicionista (person who favors the abolition) · ast abolicionista (person who favors the abolition) · ro aboliționist (person who favors the abolition) · be абаліцыяніст (person who favors the abolition) · it abolizionista (person who favors the abolition) · fi abolitionisti (person who favors the abolition) · ru аболиционист (person who favors the abolition) · cmn 廢奴主義者 /废奴主义者 (person who favors the abolition) · cmn 廢除主義者 /废除主义者 (person who favors the abolition) · uk аболіціоніст (person who favors the abolition) · fr abolitionniste (person who favors the abolition) · yue 廢奴主義者 /废奴主义者 (person who favors the abolition) · pl abolicjonistka (person who favors the abolition) · nl abolitionist (person who favors the abolition) · ca abolicionista (person who favors the abolition)