different between tenet vs abolitionism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenet (“it holds”), from tene? (“hold; have”). Compare obsolete tenent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n?t/, /?t?n?t/
• Rhymes: -?n?t

Noun

tenet (plural tenets)

1. An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.

Translations

Anagrams

• etten

Latin

Verb

tenet

1. third-person singular present active indicative of tene?

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