different between slavery vs abolitionist

English

Etymology 1

From slave +? -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sle?v??i/, /?sle?v?i/

Noun

slavery (usually uncountable, plural slaveries)

1. An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
2. A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
3. (figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,

     Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery.

Translations

See also

• debt bondage
• bonded labor
• bonded labour

Etymology 2

slaver +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæv??i/, /?slæv?i/

Adjective

slavery (comparative more slavery, superlative most slavery)

1. Covered in slaver; slobbery.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “slavery”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• slavery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “slavery” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

• Laverys, Varleys

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.