prohibitionismn.
/ˌprəʊ(h)ᵻˈbɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌprəʊ(h)ᵻˈbɪʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌproʊ(h)əˈbɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Chiefly U.S.
The principles or practice of prohibition; spec. support for or advocacy of the prohibition of alcohol.
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prohibitionism1882
pussyfooting1902
pussyfootism1916
Volsteadism1920
1882 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 14 Aug. 2/3 There is a good deal of sound Democracy in Republican prohibitionism.
1889 G. Smith (title) Prohibitionism in Canada and the United States.
1915 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 948 All the speakers agreed that the bad saloon did more harm to the liquor trade than prohibitionism.
1940 Times 8 May 9/4 Public authorities in the past have dearly loved railings. Was it a self-righteous sense of..Puritan prohibitionism?
1995 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 82 1237/1 Historians of American prohibitionism..have generally neglected the movement's legal dimension.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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