prohibitionist
2
8.0
- noun
- /ˌproʊɪbɪˈʃənɪst/
:
prohibicionista
- Many prohibitionists believed that banning alcohol would reduce crime and improve society.
- prohibitionist policy
Examples
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In recent years, there has been little federal interest in drug policy reform and a continuing focus on a prohibitionist deterrence approach.
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By the early 1920s, an uneasy equilibrium between Socialist prohibitionists and bootleggers had been established.
Academic text (2002) -
The history of the Church has not been prohibitionist until the last 150 years.
Blog text (32) -
There are plenty of secular sources for prohibitionist thought as well.
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Such prohibitionist policies may have reflected a shift in public disapproval of drug use.
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Such prohibitionist policy remained largely unchallenged until the 1960s.
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With lifetime use of marijuana nearing 50% of the US population, the current prohibitionist approach has clearly failed.
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By the First World War, most Protestant denominations had become assertively prohibitionist.
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Many of us, especially here in Indiana, continue to face an uphill battle because of elected prohibitionists.
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Southern prohibitionists were not going to fight alongside those who sought to end the South's "peculiar institution."
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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9.3
A person who supports banning alcohol
How Supportive
2
8.0
6
3.7
817
1.0
37
4.8
84
3.4
907
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
prohibitionist = prohibition (transparent) = prohibit + ion + ist
The suffix '-ist' clearly denotes a person who practices or is concerned with something, making the meaning derivable from 'prohibition'.
Etymology
Prohibitionist comes from the verb prohibit, from an old Latin word meaning 'to keep back' or 'stop'. So a prohibitionist is someone who wants to stop or ban something, such as alcohol.