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Definition: Abolitionism |
AbolitionismNoun1. The doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abolitionism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
Crosswords: Abolitionism |
| English words defined with "abolitionism": Abolitionize. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "abolitionism": Abolitionize. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This page is about the abolition of slavery. For a page on the general concept of abolition, see abolition.
Abolitionism started with The Enlightenment and became a large movement in several nations of the 19th century that sought to abolish slavery and the slave trade. Members of this movement are known as abolitionists.
Another ground for abolishing slavery has been economic, and much ink has been spilled describing how various crusaders or factions have sought to profit financially by outlawing slavery. Indeed, Marxist and other historians have analyzed the American Civil War from this point of view (Charles Beard?).
Opposition to abolition has come primarily from people who profit personally from slave labor or the slave trade, including those who rely on goods produced by slaves, as well as from people who regard slaves as inferior beings suited to servitude.
France first abolished slavery in its possessions during the French Revolution in 1794. Slavery was then restored in 1802 and re-abolished in 1848.
In Great Britain, abolitionists succeeded in abolishing slavery throughout the empire in 1833 and in allowing the Royal Navy to enforce a ban on the slave trade.
In the United States, abolitionists were involved in the conflict between North and South (see American Civil War). While the Quakers were particularly noted for activity in this movement, it was by no means limited to Quaker participation. This issue was one of several key issues that led to the creation of the Free Methodist denomination, a group which split from the Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1860s.
Many American abolitionists took an active (and often illegal, by the laws of the time) role putting their principles into practice, by supporting the Underground Railroad.
After the Emancipation Proclamation, American abolitionists continued to pursue the freedom of slaves in the remaining slave states, and to better the conditions of black Americans generally. From these principles the US civil rights movement was to eventually take form.
Roots of Abolitionism
The chief philosophical ground for abolition has been the idea of human rights—that human beings are too valuable to be property, as well as the idea that human beings ought to control their own destiny. Much of this philosophy stems from religious views, although Christians, Jews and Muslims have all practiced slavery in the past. Belief in abolition has contributed to the foundation of some denominations such as the Free Methodist Church.Abolitionism in the United States
Notable American abolitionists
Historians working in areas connected with abolitionism
Literature relating to abolition in the United States
Other movements described as abolitionist
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| "Abolitionism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abolitionism" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abolitionism | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "abolitionism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | الإلغائية الإبطالية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | аболиционизъм. (various references) | |
Dutch | anti-slavernýbeweging. (various references) | |
Esperanto | kontraŭsklaveca movado. (various references) | |
French | abolitionnisme. (various references) | |
Greek | κίνηση προσ κατάργηση άδικων νομών ή έθιμων. (various references) | |
Italian | abolizionismo (abolition). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abolitionismay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | abolicionismo (abolition). (various references) | |
Romanian | aboliţionism. (various references) | |
Russian | аболиционизм (abilitionism), борьба за отмену рабства. (various references) | |
Spanish | abolicionismo (abolition). (various references) | |
Turkish | kaldırma akımı, köleliğin kaldırılması akımı. (various references) | |
Ukranian | аболіціонізм. (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "abolitionism": abolitionisms. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abolitionism" (pronounced a'buli"shuni'zum) |
| 7 | -sh u n i' z u m | creationism, expressionism, impressionism, isolationism, obstructionism, perfectionism, protectionism. |
| 6 | -u n i' z u m | agrarianism, anachronism, antagonism, authoritarianism, chauvinism, communism, determinism, egalitarianism, expansionism, feminism, hedonism, hooliganism, humanism, illusionism, interventionism, lesbianism, mechanism, microorganism, organism, paganism, parkinsonism, puritanism, republicanism, revisionism, satanism, sectarianism, tokenism, totalitarianism, unionism, vegetarianism. |
| 5 | -n i' z u m | modernism, monism, opportunism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, aneurism, animism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, helotism, heroism, hypnotism, idealism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, Irredentism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, militarism, minimalism, monasticism, monetarism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, optimism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, parallelism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tourism, truism, vandalism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t" | |
-2 letters: abolitions, sibilation. | |
-3 letters: abolition, ambitions, binomials, boltonias, isolation, laminitis, libations, lobations, oblations. | |
-4 letters: albinism, ambition, amotions, binomial, boltonia, initials, inositol, libation, lobation, militias, minilabs, moonsail, motional, oblation, sibilant, solation, tombolas. | |
-5 letters: aiblins, albinos, amotion, animist, bastion, biotins, bonitas, bonitos, initial, intimal, intimas, intombs, latinos, liaison, lotions, malison, manitos, militia, minilab, mislain, moonlit, motions, oblasti, obtains, santimi, soliton, somital, stibial, talions, timbals, tombola. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abolitionisms, mobilizations. | |
+3 letters: demobilizations, immobilizations, remobilizations. | |
+5 letters: monosyllabicities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 6F 6C 69 74 69 6F 6E 69 73 6D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b o l i t i o n i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 006F 006C 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E 0069 0073 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356881787586758180758579 |
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