different between teetotalism vs teetotal

English

teetotal +? -ism

teetotalism (uncountable)

From total, the reduplicated tee being an intensifier – “T-total”, 1830s.

teetotal (comparative more teetotal, superlative most teetotal)

Abstinent from alcohol; never drinking alcohol.
Synonyms: on the wagon, straightedge
Antonyms: alcoholic, dipsomaniac, drunkard
Opposed to the drinking of alcohol.
(dated, emphatic) Total.

teetotal (plural teetotals)

One who abstains from drinking alcohol.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Twelve, p. 137,^[1]
  Hubert is trying to persuade James, a strict Presbyterian and teetotal, to come into the pub.
Synonyms: teetotaler, pioneer

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