different between abolitionist vs abolitionistic

English

First attested in 1788. abolition +? -ist.

abolitionist (comparative more abolitionist, superlative most abolitionist)

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

abolitionist (plural abolitionists)

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

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

abolition +? -istic

abolitionistic (comparative more abolitionistic, superlative most abolitionistic)

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