abolitionistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌabəˈlɪʃn̩ɪst/,

/ˌabəˈlɪʃənɪst/, U.S.

/ˌæbəˈlɪʃənəst/

Forms: see abolition n. and -ist suffix; also 1800s ablitionist (U.S. regional).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abolition n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < abolition n. + -ist suffix.

A. n.

1. spec.

a. Chiefly U.S. History. A person who advocates the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of African slaves.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > one seeking abolition of slavery

abolitionist1791

Garrisonian1890

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from slavery > abolition of slavery > one who

abolitionist1791

saint1830

immediatist1835

free-soiler1848

woolly-head1859

1791 Deb. Abolition Slave-trade 46 If some of the circumstances of cruelty were proved, which the Abolitionists have only asserted, [etc.].

1830 Clarkson's Abolition of Afr. Slave-trade by Brit. Parl. II. iii. 89 Many looked upon the abolitionists as monsters.

1842 C. Dickens Let. 22 Mar. (1974) III. 157 I speak of..all parties—slave upholders and abolitionists.

1859 Times 28 Dec. 6/4 The vagaries of the Abolitionists would cause a revulsion of feeling in favour of the South.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn viii. 69 People would call me a low down Ablitionist [sic] and despise me for keeping mum.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xx. 447 The son was an abolitionist almost before the sentiment had become a word to percolate down from the north.

1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 105 Towards the end of the year Allen wrote to the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison in Boston.

b. A person who advocates the abolition of capital punishment.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > one who advocates > one who advocates abolition of

abolitionist1863

1863 A. Campbell Pop. Lect. & Addr. xiv. 317 Plato's favorite dogmas..that offenders could be reformed by wise and benevolent exhortations—are not more whimsical and ridiculous than the theories of such abolitionists of capital punishment.

1927 E. R. Calvert Cap. Punishment in 20th Cent. ii. 23 The abolitionist recognises..the need to protect society against murder, but he realises that the problem cannot be solved by the mere infliction of unpleasant consequences.

1958 Stanford Law Rev. 10 601 If the abolitionist fails to show that the death penalty does not deter, no one else has shown that it does.

1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) July 55/2 Even the most ardent abolitionist would have a hard time making a persuasive case that humanity and common sense are enhanced by keeping Olson alive.

2. gen. A person who advocates or works for the abolition of a particular practice or institution.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of > supporter of

common holder1565

abolitionist1827

governmentalist1831

destructive1832

annexationist1841

destructionist1841

annexionist1844

decompositionist1849

expansionist1862

disintegrator1865

dissolutionist1882

irredentist1882

disintegrationist1884

isolationist1899

retentionist1899

free fooder1903

laissez-fairist1932

autarkist1938

elitist1938

neo-isolationist1950

non-aligner1963

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 169 This Article contains most of the doctrines on which the Abolitionists [of the Corn-Laws] rely.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 316 The abolitionist of the national debt, the unflinching opponent of pensions.

1871 Daily News Nov. 1 Who, indeed, among the abolitionists of Purchase has ever denied that English gentlemen..have served their country on the battle-field?

1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang iv. 32 Those once-important political terms abolitionists and provincialists, names of opposing parties or sections of the New Zealand people who battled so angrily for and against the abolition of the system of provincial government.

1997 R. van Swaaningen Crit. Criminol. vi. 117 Abolitionists do not argue that the police or courts should be abolished. The point is that crime is not to be set apart from other, non-criminalised social problems.

B. adj.

Of or relating to abolitionists or abolitionism; advocating the abolition of a particular practice or institution, esp. the slave trade, slavery, or (in later use) capital punishment.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [adjective] > relating to or supporting other specific policies

laissez-faire1825

restorationist1828

abolitionist1833

irredential1891

pronatalist1938

elitist1943

neo-isolationist1952

non-aligned1954

1833 Times 12 Feb. 2/4 He appealed to the various pamphlets which had been published on the subject, particularly to those put forth by the abolitionist party.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 228 The minister, who inclined strongly to abolitionist views.

1859 Times 28 Dec. 6/4 The doings of their Abolitionist brethren.

1886 A. Johnston Hist. U.S. 236 In 1840..the Abolitionist speakers were mobbed.

1927 E. R. Calvert Cap. Punishment in 20th Cent. iii. 48 The relative culture and ethical standards in the abolitionist and non-abolitionist states.

1930 Times 3 Apr. 7/7 The cumulative experience of abolitionist countries demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that the death penalty is not necessarily a deterrent.

1957 O. R. McGregor Divorce in Eng. 134 The ‘abolitionist’ case was urged on two main grounds.

1976 Western Mail (Cardiff) 27 Nov. 9/5 A..campaign to counteract the abolitionist propaganda and to educate the enormous number of people who have no opportunity to actively participate in field sports.

1991 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 24 Nov. 27/2 It..was also being serialized in the abolitionist newspaper The Anti-Slavery Examiner.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abolitionist
释义	abolitionistn.adj. Brit. /ˌabəˈlɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌabəˈlɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌæbəˈlɪʃənəst/ Forms: see abolition n. and -ist suffix; also 1800s ablitionist (U.S. regional). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abolition n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < abolition n. + -ist suffix. A. n. 1. spec. a. Chiefly U.S. History. A person who advocates the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of African slaves. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > one seeking abolition of slavery abolitionist1791 Garrisonian1890 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from slavery > abolition of slavery > one who abolitionist1791 saint1830 immediatist1835 free-soiler1848 woolly-head1859 1791 Deb. Abolition Slave-trade 46 If some of the circumstances of cruelty were proved, which the Abolitionists have only asserted, [etc.]. 1830 Clarkson's Abolition of Afr. Slave-trade by Brit. Parl. II. iii. 89 Many looked upon the abolitionists as monsters. 1842 C. Dickens Let. 22 Mar. (1974) III. 157 I speak of..all parties—slave upholders and abolitionists. 1859 Times 28 Dec. 6/4 The vagaries of the Abolitionists would cause a revulsion of feeling in favour of the South. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn viii. 69 People would call me a low down Ablitionist [sic] and despise me for keeping mum. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xx. 447 The son was an abolitionist almost before the sentiment had become a word to percolate down from the north. 1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 105 Towards the end of the year Allen wrote to the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison in Boston. b. A person who advocates the abolition of capital punishment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > one who advocates > one who advocates abolition of abolitionist1863 1863 A. Campbell Pop. Lect. & Addr. xiv. 317 Plato's favorite dogmas..that offenders could be reformed by wise and benevolent exhortations—are not more whimsical and ridiculous than the theories of such abolitionists of capital punishment. 1927 E. R. Calvert Cap. Punishment in 20th Cent. ii. 23 The abolitionist recognises..the need to protect society against murder, but he realises that the problem cannot be solved by the mere infliction of unpleasant consequences. 1958 Stanford Law Rev. 10 601 If the abolitionist fails to show that the death penalty does not deter, no one else has shown that it does. 1993 Sat. Night (Toronto) July 55/2 Even the most ardent abolitionist would have a hard time making a persuasive case that humanity and common sense are enhanced by keeping Olson alive. 2. gen. A person who advocates or works for the abolition of a particular practice or institution. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of > supporter of common holder1565 abolitionist1827 governmentalist1831 destructive1832 annexationist1841 destructionist1841 annexionist1844 decompositionist1849 expansionist1862 disintegrator1865 dissolutionist1882 irredentist1882 disintegrationist1884 isolationist1899 retentionist1899 free fooder1903 laissez-fairist1932 autarkist1938 elitist1938 neo-isolationist1950 non-aligner1963 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 169 This Article contains most of the doctrines on which the Abolitionists [of the Corn-Laws] rely. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 316 The abolitionist of the national debt, the unflinching opponent of pensions. 1871 Daily News Nov. 1 Who, indeed, among the abolitionists of Purchase has ever denied that English gentlemen..have served their country on the battle-field? 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang iv. 32 Those once-important political terms abolitionists and provincialists, names of opposing parties or sections of the New Zealand people who battled so angrily for and against the abolition of the system of provincial government. 1997 R. van Swaaningen Crit. Criminol. vi. 117 Abolitionists do not argue that the police or courts should be abolished. The point is that crime is not to be set apart from other, non-criminalised social problems. B. adj. Of or relating to abolitionists or abolitionism; advocating the abolition of a particular practice or institution, esp. the slave trade, slavery, or (in later use) capital punishment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [adjective] > relating to or supporting other specific policies laissez-faire1825 restorationist1828 abolitionist1833 irredential1891 pronatalist1938 elitist1943 neo-isolationist1952 non-aligned1954 1833 Times 12 Feb. 2/4 He appealed to the various pamphlets which had been published on the subject, particularly to those put forth by the abolitionist party. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 228 The minister, who inclined strongly to abolitionist views. 1859 Times 28 Dec. 6/4 The doings of their Abolitionist brethren. 1886 A. Johnston Hist. U.S. 236 In 1840..the Abolitionist speakers were mobbed. 1927 E. R. Calvert Cap. Punishment in 20th Cent. iii. 48 The relative culture and ethical standards in the abolitionist and non-abolitionist states. 1930 Times 3 Apr. 7/7 The cumulative experience of abolitionist countries demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that the death penalty is not necessarily a deterrent. 1957 O. R. McGregor Divorce in Eng. 134 The ‘abolitionist’ case was urged on two main grounds. 1976 Western Mail (Cardiff) 27 Nov. 9/5 A..campaign to counteract the abolitionist propaganda and to educate the enormous number of people who have no opportunity to actively participate in field sports. 1991 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 24 Nov. 27/2 It..was also being serialized in the abolitionist newspaper The Anti-Slavery Examiner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1791
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