Antonyms for abolitionism
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ab-uh-lish-uh-niz-uh m |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæb əˈlɪʃ əˌnɪz əm |
Definition of abolitionism
Origin :- 1790, in the anti-slavery sense, from abolition + -ism.
- As in freedom : noun political independence
- By Jove, if Abolitionism can make your grandma run, I'll forgive it a lot!
- Extract from : « Pirate Gold » by Frederic Jesup Stimson
- "Call it Abolitionism, or what you will," replied his Senior.
- Extract from : « Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals » by William H. Armstrong
- But then, perhaps, this offspring of abolitionism is no man-child at all.
- Extract from : « Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments » by Various
- I doubt not this is the kind of liberty at which some of the champions of Abolitionism, viz.
- Extract from : « Abolitionism Exposed! » by W. W. Sleigh
- There is a worse evil than abolitionism, and that is the suppression of it by lawless force.
- Extract from : « Slavery » by William E. Channing
- Such is the danger from abolitionism to the slaveholding States.
- Extract from : « Slavery » by William E. Channing
- But this is just what abolitionism has done in regard to slaveholding.
- Extract from : « A Defence of Virginia » by Robert L. Dabney
- At the beginning, too, I suppose that his taking up Abolitionism made him enemies.
- Extract from : « The Copperhead » by Harold Frederic
- At all points we see, therefore, that Abolitionism has to do with religion, and religion with it.
- Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue
- It had been said that abolitionism was "quackery," only four years old.
- Extract from : « Discussion on American Slavery » by George Thompson
Synonyms for abolitionism
- abolition
- abolitionism
- autarchy
- autonomy
- citizenship
- deliverance
- delivery
- democracy
- discharge
- disengagement
- disimprisonment
- emancipation
- enfranchisement
- exemption
- extriction
- franchise
- home rule
- immunity
- impunity
- liberation
- liberty
- manumission
- parole
- prerogative
- privilege
- probation
- redemption
- release
- relief
- representative government
- rescue
- salvage
- salvation
- self-determination
- self-government
- sovereignty
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