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teeˈtotalism
[See -ism.]
The principle or practice of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.
1834Preston Temp. Adv. Aug. 62/2 The flame of real tee-totalism was communicated at this meeting. 1839W. Jay in Autobiog. x. (1854) 104 The subject of Teetotallism I have examined physically, morally and Christianly. 1863J. Paget Paradoxes & Puzzles, Ess. Art iii. (1874) 456 Mr. Cruikshank has embraced the doctrines of teetotalism with the zeal natural to his genius. 1897W. H. G. Temple in Chicago Advance 18 Nov. 712/2 [On the] question of drink, there is but one safe, one reasonable stand—that of absolute teetotalism. |