different between abolitionist vs abolitionism

English

Etymology

First attested in 1788. abolition +? -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.b?.?l??.n?.?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.b?.?l??.n?.?st/, /?æ.b?.?l??.n?.?st/

Adjective

abolitionist (comparative more abolitionist, superlative most abolitionist)

1. (historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery. [since the late 18^th century]

Noun

abolitionist (plural abolitionists)

1. A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice. [since the late 18^th century]
   • 2005, Julia O'Connell Davidson, Children in the Global Sex Trade, Polity (?ISBN), page 107:

     Both feminist and religiously inspired abolitionists have long viewed, and continue to view, male demand for commercial sex as a root cause of prostitution.

   • 2007, J. Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen, Richard A. Ball, Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences, SAGE (?ISBN), page 198:

     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."

2. (historical, US) A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery. [since the late 18^th century]

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjonist

Translations

References

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

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