prohibitionism
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8.7
- noun
- /ˌproʊɪˈbɪʃənɪzəm/
- But so one other class of accounts that I don't think you just mentioned include prohibitionism and pejorative tone.
Examples
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Prohibitionism doesn't work.
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Drug prohibitionism, too, has resulted in some very troubling expansion of federal powers.
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Opposing drug prohibitionism is, again, an excellent opportunity to put the limited government message front and center for Americans.
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Communitarianism is a secular political ideology that fuels a great deal of modern drug prohibitionism and likewise needs little assistance from religion to do so.
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Under prohibitionism, White was again and again forced to either kill or be killed, unleashing his previously dormant psychopathic potential.
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And at times it's hard to refute that when we embrace big government controls on marriage, big government prohibitionism, and labor protectionism aimed at our friends from Mexico.
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Actually, I think limiting government control over marriage, rolling back prohibitionism, and applying free market thinking to immigration is a much more conservative position than what Republicans are embracing now.
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Without the folly of prohibitionism, White could have profited legally from his obvious talent for supplying a popular recreational pharmaceutical product without having to become part of a vicious and brutal criminal underworld.
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Early Christian policies on divorce that essentially amounted to complete prohibitionism may seem ridiculously restrictive today, but were somewhat understandable considering how divorce and marriage worked in the Roman Empire and were often used by noblemen to easily "discard" wives they were tired of.
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The debate around prohibitionism often centers on the implications of banning substances like alcohol.
Antonyms
How Supportive
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8.7
83
4.1
∞
1.0
172
3.7
66
4.6
320
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
prohibitionism = prohibition (transparent) = prohibition + ism
Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism' to the readily recognized noun 'prohibition' to denote a belief or movement.
Etymology
The word prohibitionism comes from prohibit, which means 'to hold back' or 'stop', and the ending -ism, which marks a belief or movement like Buddhism. So, prohibitionism is the belief or movement to legally 'hold back' or ban things such as alcohol or drugs.