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单词 abolitionist
释义

Definition of abolitionist in English:

abolitionist

noun abəˈlɪʃ(ə)nɪstˌæbəˈlɪʃənəst
  • A person who favours the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.

    废除主义者(尤指废除死刑主义者、废奴主义者)

    as modifier the abolitionist movement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To abolitionists, capital punishment is equally uncivilized and deserving of a definitive ruling of its unconstitutionality.
    • The Archbishop of Paris, after a decade of silence towards the abolitionist movement, gave evidence that he too would support public clerical action.
    • The movement away from the death penalty gained momentum during the second half of the present century with the growth of the abolitionist movement.
    • Surely the abolitionists ' panacea ‘shared schools’ should have prevented such intolerance as they promise it will do in Scotland.
    • There is a second economic point never addressed by abolitionists; were schools to integrate, these statistics simply wouldn't change.
    • The themes of slavery and the abolitionist movement are clearly presented in the film - not just underlying themes as in the book.
    • The Chartists opposed slavery and supported the abolitionist movement.
    • This dearth of scientific evidence has done nothing to dampen the abolitionist ardour of the anti-DDT movement.
    • It was first settled by Free Soilers, supported by New England abolitionists, to prevent slavery spreading west from Missouri.
    • It is indeed possible that his story, and others like it, were instrumental in the foundation of the abolitionist movement.
    • It was already established practice that black American abolitionists travel to England, Scotland and sometimes Ireland on speaking tours.
    • The idea of civil rights came into its own during the abolitionist campaign against slavery.
    • Most Spiritualists were outspoken abolitionists and often engaged in fiery polemics against slavery at lectures and seances.
    • This concern gets to the heart of the matter for prison abolitionists, and it distinguishes our analysis from prison reform advocates.
    • Truth, also born into slavery, was an abolitionist and the first Black female orator to speak out against slavery.
    • They saw her as a modern incarnation of the abolitionists, who they believe struck down the evil of slavery and, in so doing, saved the Republic.
    • It's a good read, especially for gun abolitionists who don't understand why they can't outlaw guns outright.
    • The opening chapter illuminates the processes by which the women became leaders and lecturers in the abolitionist movement.
    • Many of the abolitionists and privatisers seem unaware that the BBC broadcasts anything apart from news.
    • Yet for death-penalty abolitionists, this welcome development also poses some strategic perils.

Derivatives

  • abolitionism

  • noun ˌabəˈlɪʃ(ə)nɪz(ə)mˌæbəˈlɪʃəˌnɪzəm
    • Beyond the predominantly traditionalist sentiments of most Americans on capital punishment, two main explanations account for why America's death penalty politics remain distinctive and resistant to abolitionism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you don't understand the role of religious faith as the foundation for influential movements from temperance, to prison reform, to abolitionism, then you don't understand American history.
      • In the 1830s feminism as a self-conscious movement grew around abolitionism, particularly around the individualist anarchist William Lloyd Garrison.
      • This is foolish since our greatest political movements - abolitionism, civil rights, etc. - were religious before they were political.
      • If Catholics and fundamentalists follow their leadership in crusading against the death penalty, public sentiment may bring abolitionism back into fashion.

Rhymes

coalitionist, demolitionist, exhibitionist, intuitionist, nutritionist, partitionist, prohibitionist, requisitionist, traditionist

Definition of abolitionist in US English:

abolitionist

nounˌæbəˈlɪʃənəstˌabəˈliSHənəst
  • A person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.

    废除主义者(尤指废除死刑主义者、废奴主义者)

    as modifier the abolitionist movement
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet for death-penalty abolitionists, this welcome development also poses some strategic perils.
    • There is a second economic point never addressed by abolitionists; were schools to integrate, these statistics simply wouldn't change.
    • The themes of slavery and the abolitionist movement are clearly presented in the film - not just underlying themes as in the book.
    • It's a good read, especially for gun abolitionists who don't understand why they can't outlaw guns outright.
    • This dearth of scientific evidence has done nothing to dampen the abolitionist ardour of the anti-DDT movement.
    • It is indeed possible that his story, and others like it, were instrumental in the foundation of the abolitionist movement.
    • Many of the abolitionists and privatisers seem unaware that the BBC broadcasts anything apart from news.
    • The Archbishop of Paris, after a decade of silence towards the abolitionist movement, gave evidence that he too would support public clerical action.
    • Most Spiritualists were outspoken abolitionists and often engaged in fiery polemics against slavery at lectures and seances.
    • It was first settled by Free Soilers, supported by New England abolitionists, to prevent slavery spreading west from Missouri.
    • Truth, also born into slavery, was an abolitionist and the first Black female orator to speak out against slavery.
    • To abolitionists, capital punishment is equally uncivilized and deserving of a definitive ruling of its unconstitutionality.
    • The idea of civil rights came into its own during the abolitionist campaign against slavery.
    • It was already established practice that black American abolitionists travel to England, Scotland and sometimes Ireland on speaking tours.
    • Surely the abolitionists ' panacea ‘shared schools’ should have prevented such intolerance as they promise it will do in Scotland.
    • The movement away from the death penalty gained momentum during the second half of the present century with the growth of the abolitionist movement.
    • The Chartists opposed slavery and supported the abolitionist movement.
    • This concern gets to the heart of the matter for prison abolitionists, and it distinguishes our analysis from prison reform advocates.
    • They saw her as a modern incarnation of the abolitionists, who they believe struck down the evil of slavery and, in so doing, saved the Republic.
    • The opening chapter illuminates the processes by which the women became leaders and lecturers in the abolitionist movement.
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