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单词 teetotalism
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teetotalismn.

Etymology: See -ism suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: teeˈtotalism.
The principle or practice of total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.
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total abstinence1831
teetotalism1834
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Good Templarism1859
nephalism1860
blue-ribbonism1867
total abstention1880
temperance1887
Templarism1888
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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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