Prohibition Party
- proper noun
- /ˌproʊɪˈbɪʃən ˈpɑrti/
- US
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Partido de la Prohibición
- Many people have forgotten about the Prohibition Party, which played a significant role in America's temperance movement.
Examples
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The ex-governor of Kansas, John St. John, was the Prohibition Party choice for president that year, with Henry Daniel from Maryland as the vice presidential candidate.
Academic text (2009) -
The Prohibition Party eventually appeared on the Georgia ballot but did very poorly in the November election.
Academic text (2009) -
The Prohibition Party now acknowledges that some of its signatures in Mississippi were not submitted until Monday, September 8, so they have no plausible beef.
Blog text (11) -
This was the first presidential election in which the Prohibition Party received any votes in the state, and its national numbers had increased more than tenfold since the 1876 and 1880 elections.
Academic text (2009) -
The Prohibition Party was founded in 1869 to advocate for the banning of alcohol in the United States.
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In the early 20th century, the Prohibition Party sought to influence national politics by promoting temperance.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a political party advocating prohibition' is directly derivable from combining 'prohibition' (the banning of alcohol) with 'party' (a political group). This noun–noun composition is a transparent modifier pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning even if they don't know the specific historical party.
Etymology
The name Prohibition Party comes from the words prohibition, meaning banning alcohol, and party, meaning a political group. It began in 1869 in the United States to push for 'the prohibition of alcohol', so the name tells you the party's main goal.
