different between abolition vs abolitionism

English

Etymology

First attested in 1529. Either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin aboliti?, from abole? (“destroy”). Compare French abolition. Equivalent to abolish +? -tion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.??l??.n?/

Noun

abolition (plural abolitions)

1. The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation [First attested around the early 16^th century.]

2. The state of being abolished
3. (historical, often capitalised, Britain, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. [First attested around the early 18^th century.]
4. (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation. [First attested around the late 18^th century.]
5. (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory. [Attested from the early 17^th century to the early 19^th century.]

Usage notes

The sense "amnesty", and in general any reference to "abolition of" a person, is now obsolete or unusual.

Antonyms

• (act of abolishing): establishment, foundation

Derived terms

• abolitionism
• abolitionist

Translations

References

• abolition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Latin abolitionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.li.sj??/

Noun

abolition f (plural abolitions)

1. abolition

Derived terms

• abolitionnisme
• abolitionniste

Related terms

• abolir

Further reading

• “abolition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

abolition +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.??l??.??n?z.m?/

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.]
   • 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.

2. (historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.

Related terms

• abolitionist

Translations

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjonisme

References

Anagrams

• mobilisation