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abolitionist

abolitionist

3 5.2
A person who wants to end systems like prisons or police and use community programs instead
  • noun
  • /ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst/
translation icon : abolicionista
  • The main purpose of this blog is to explore animal issues from the perspective of the emerging abolitionist movement.
  • abolitionist views
  • contrast to abolitionists

I don't mind when abolitionist vegans want to try to convince me.

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Examples

  • Veganism is the moral baseline, the starting point, of the abolitionist animal rights movement.

    Blog text (3)
  • Many abolitionists are dedicated to ending the prison-industrial complex in the United States.

  • And prison abolitionists ask, is this the best way to deal with these problems?

  • "We're working to change that forever," Jones said, "with abolitionists here and abroad."

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Having this sense of curriculum means that abolitionists have to be good at listening, listening closely.

  • Abolitionists have focused on the negative impact that intercountry adoption can have on child welfare systems in sending countries, despite the relatively small numbers.

    Academic text (2001)
  • For abolitionists, the adverse impacts of intercountry adoption are not limited to sending countries.

    Academic text (2001)
  • As abolitionist vegans and feminists, we oppose the use of sexist tactics in the animal advocacy movement.

    Blog text (3)
  • The abolitionist movement aims to dismantle systemic injustices within law enforcement.

  • As an abolitionist, she advocates for alternatives to traditional punitive justice systems.

How Committed

abolitionist
3 5.2
campaigner
27 3.7
supporter
817 1.0
sympathizer
37 4.8

Surface Forms

abolitionist singular
abolitionists plural

Morphology

abolitionist = abolition (transparent) = abolition + ist

Built from 'abolition' + '-ist'; the agentive meaning ('advocate of abolition') is regular and predictable.

Etymology

Abolitionist comes from the verb abolish, which is from the Latin abolere meaning 'to do away with'. Today the word can also mean someone who wants to end a social system like prisons or cash bail, so an abolitionist is a person who wants to 'do away with' that institution.