abolitionist
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abolitionist
- /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ UK
- /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.ɪst/ US
- /ˌæ.bəˈlɪʃ.n̩.əst/ US
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First attested in 1788. abolition + -ist.
adjective more abolitionist · most abolitionist
- 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.
noun abolitionists
- 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.
- 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 surna
Similar: woolly-head, nigger lover
Thesaurus
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Similar: woolly-head, nigger lover
Translations
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adj in favor of the abolition of slavery
| Español | abolicionista |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | abolitionistisch |
| Русский | аболиционистский abolicionistskij |
noun person who favors the abolition
| Español | abolicionista |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 廢除主義者 /废除主义者 fèichúzhǔyìzhě, 廢奴主義者 /废奴主义者 fèinúzhǔyìzhě |
| Português | abolicionista |
| Français | abolitionniste |
| Italiano | abolizionista |
| Română | aboliționist |
| Русский | аболиционист abolicionist |
Talk about this word "abolitionist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/abolitionist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. abolitionist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/abolitionist "abolitionist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/abolitionist.Cite this
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