abolitionism

abolitionism

English

Etymology

abolition +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.əˌnɪz.m̩/

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Noun

abolitionism (countable and uncountable, plural abolitionisms)

1. 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]
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) (abolicʿionizm) 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

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-01), “Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, The New York Times, retrieved 2022-August-24

Anagrams

• mobilisation

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Swedish

Etymology

abolition +‎ -ism

Noun

abolitionism c

1. abolitionism

Declension

Declension of abolitionism
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	abolitionism	abolitionismen	abolitionismer	abolitionismerna
Genitive	abolitionisms	abolitionismens	abolitionismers	abolitionismernas

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