abolitionism
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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.
- 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, […]
- 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, […]
- (abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.[2]
- 1991, Willem de Haan, "Abolitionism and Crime Control", in Kevin Martin Stenson, David Cowell, The Politics of Crime Control, SAGE (→ISBN), page 203:
- (historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.
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- Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjonisme
- Polish: abolicjonizm
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opinion in favor of the abolition of something
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References edit
- ^ 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
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| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | abolitionism | abolitionismen | abolitionismer | abolitionismerna |
| Genitive | abolitionisms | abolitionismens | abolitionismers | abolitionismernas |