teetotalismn.
The principle or practice of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.
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teetotalism1834
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temperance1887
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1834 Preston Temp. Adv. Aug. 62/2 The flame of real tee-totalism was communicated at this meeting.
1839 W. Jay in Autobiogr. (1854) x. 104 The subject of Teetotallism I have examined physically, morally and Christianly.
1863 J. Paget Paradoxes & Puzzles, Ess. Art (1874) iii. 456 Mr. Cruikshank has embraced the doctrines of teetotalism with the zeal natural to his genius.
1897 W. 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.
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