Associations to the word «Abolitionism»

Wiktionary

ABOLITIONISM, noun. An opinion in favor of the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

Dictionary definition

ABOLITIONISM, noun. The doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne