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Meaning of "prohibitionism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROHIBITIONISM

prohibitionism  [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃənɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROHIBITIONISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prohibitionism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROHIBITIONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prohibitionism

Prohibitionism is a legal philosophy and political theory often used in lobbying which holds that citizens will abstain from actions if the actions are typed as unlawful and the prohibitions are enforced by law enforcement. This philosophy has been the basis for many acts of statutory law throughout history, most notably when a large group of a given population disapproves of and/or feels threatened by an activity in which a smaller group of that population engages, and seeks to render that activity legally prohibited.

Definition of prohibitionism in the English dictionary

The definition of prohibitionism in the dictionary is the favouring or advocating of prohibition or banning, esp of alcoholic beverages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROHIBITIONISM


abolitionism
ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪzəm
abstentionism
æbˈstɛnʃənɪzəm
adoptianism
əˈdɒpʃənɪzəm
annihilationism
əˌnaɪɪˈleɪʃənɪzəm
connectionism
kəˈnɛkʃənɪzəm
constructionism
kənˈstrʌkʃənɪzəm
contortionism
kənˈtɔːʃənɪzəm
conversationism
ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənɪzəm
dissolutionism
ˌdɪsəˈluːʃənɪzəm
evolutionism
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənɪzəm
interventionism
ˌɪntəˈvɛnʃənɪzəm
obstructionism
əbˈstrʌkʃənɪzəm
Pan-Asianism
ˈpænˈeɪʃənɪzəm
progressionism
prəʊˈɡreʃənɪzəm
protectionism
prəˈtekʃənɪzəm
reactionism
rɪˈækʃənɪzəm
Rosicrucianism
ˌrəʊzɪˈkruːʃənɪzəm
secessionism
sɪˈsɛʃənɪzəm
suggestionism
səˈdʒɛstʃənɪzəm
tolerationism
ˌtɒləˈreɪʃənɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROHIBITIONISM

progressivistic
progressivity
progun
progymnasia
progymnasium
prohibit
prohibited substance
prohibiter
prohibition
prohibitionary
prohibitionist
prohibitive
prohibitively
prohibitiveness
prohibitor
prohibitory
proin
proinsulin
project
project leader

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROHIBITIONISM

abstract expressionism
anachronism
antagonism
creationism
exhibitionism
expansionism
expressionism
hedonism
impressionism
interactionism
isolationism
mechanism
monism
Mormonism
Parkinsonism
perfectionism
Platonism
reductionism
trade unionism
unionism
Zionism

Synonyms and antonyms of prohibitionism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prohibitionism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROHIBITIONISM

Find out the translation of prohibitionism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prohibitionism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prohibitionism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

prohibitionism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prohibicionismo
570 millions of speakers

English

prohibitionism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prohibitionism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prohibitionism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прогибиционизма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proibicionismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prohibitionism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prohibitionnisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Larangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prohibition
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prohibitionism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prohibitionism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prohibitionism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prohibitionism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prohibitionism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिबंध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prohibitionism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proibizionismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prohibicji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прогибіционізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prohibitionism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαγορευτισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prohibitionism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Förbuds
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prohibitionism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prohibitionism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROHIBITIONISM»

The term «prohibitionism» is used very little and occupies the 180.652 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROHIBITIONISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prohibitionism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prohibitionism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prohibitionism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROHIBITIONISM»

Discover the use of prohibitionism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prohibitionism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
World War-D: The Case Against Prohibitionism. A Roadmap to ...
" Jeffrey Dhywood obviously thinks they can, and explains why and how."World War-D" clearly demonstrates that prohibition is the worst possible form of control.
Jeffrey Dhywood, 2011
2
World War-D - Ebook version: The Case Against ...
" Jeffrey Dhywood obviously thinks they can, and explains why and how."World War-D" clearly demonstrates that prohibition is the worst possible form of control.
Jeffrey Dhywood, 2011
3
Genetic Democracy: Philosophical Perspectives
Now, recall the radicalism of Radical Prohibitionism: this was the position that the commercialmarketingof GMO shouldnever be permittedunder any circumstances. Just like the case with Radical Libertarianism, this requires a principled ...
Veikko Launis, Juha Räikkä, 2007
4
The Appeal of Insurance
It comes as little surprise then that Green was a supporter of prohibitionism. Prohibitionism, he maintained, fostered virtue, so it followed that it must also foster true freedom. This was not the freedom to do as one pleased but the freedom to ...
Geoffrey Wilson Clark, 2010
5
The Politics of Prostitution: Women's Movements, Democratic ...
6. Towards. a. new. prohibitionism? State. feminism,. women's. movements. and. prostitution. policies. in. Finland. Anne. Maria. Holli. Introduction By the 1 980s, most Finns had begun sincerely to believe that there was no 'prostitution problem'  ...
Joyce Outshoorn, 2004
6
Unequal under Law: Race in the War on Drugs
however, are only the latest manifestations of a much longer-running re- lationship among race, prohibitionism, and drugs. Punitive prohibition- ism has been the predominant approach in dealing with drugs favored by minority populations ...
Doris Marie Provine, 2008
7
Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition
The sociologist Joseph R. Gusfield has written that both populism and prohibitionism attracted those who suffered from “a sense of economic and political powerlessness,” and who either feared or had experienced a decline in economic and ...
Marni Davis, 2012
8
Democratic Education
The question still remains open as to whether democracies should prohibit parents from sending their children to private schools. One of the strongest cases for "prohibitionism" is that private schools will siphon off the most affluent and the  ...
Amy Gutmann, 1999
9
Carry A. Nation: Retelling the Life
Jack Blocker and Cheryl Krasnick Warsh (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1997), 271-290. 33. Historians debate over prohibitionism's place within this nexus of "progressive" reforms, and they debate whether there was even such a thing ...
Fran Grace, 2001
10
Economics of Prohibition, The
Prohibitionism became an opportunistic special-interest movement joined in the public forum by a coalition of commercial-interest groups and professional organizations. While traditional rent seeking has been played down as an explanation ...
Mark Thornton, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROHIBITIONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prohibitionism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Researchers and journalists still challenged by the concept of …
Those debilitated by the Psychosis of Prohibitionism began cowardly stupid. ... Another inoculated with the highly addictive Prohibitionism. «Drug WarRant, Jul 15»
2
DEA trains local, state officers to get more drugs off the streets
Prohibitionism doesn't work, has never worked, and will never work. It only compounds the problem of drug abuse. It funnels money towards ... «WLOX, Jun 15»
3
Defending Big D Welcomes Four New Writers
Writing extensively on what the hell punk rock and Russian prohibitionism has to do with one another as seen through the eyes of prizefighter is ... «Defending Big D, May 15»
4
Lost and found
New Zealand's lurch towards tut-tuting prohibitionism moves into even higher gear. To think that in these enlightened times you have to be sober to watch Alice ... «SunLive, May 15»
5
That's not oregano: Italy could be the next to legalize pot
Benedetto Della Vedova, told the Italian wire service ANSA that “in view of the failure of prohibitionism” the group would develop legislation to ... «Fusion, Mar 15»
6
The UN's prohibitionism impedes drug policy reform
The fate of the global war on drugs remained uncertain today as delegates from 53 nations and representatives from dozens of civic and ... «Al Jazeera America, Mar 15»
7
White Night PS4 Review: "It Shows A Smart Way To Solve The …
As there were no batteries or flashlights in the United States of the Prohibitionism era, the gamer is required to recover energy sources ... «Gamepur, Mar 15»
8
Reevely: Governments have no idea what to do with companies like …
Prohibitionism isn't getting us closer to making sure Uber cars are duly insured and the drivers aren't rapists. Which are legit things for the ... «Ottawa Citizen, Feb 15»
9
Jon Snow's whitey wasn't "an experiment", it was an exercise in anti …
... then highly potent skunk varieties would never have come to dominate the UK market as they have under ideological prohibitionism. «NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS, Feb 15»
10
It's time to retire Pa's Prohibition-era liquor system: Charlie Gerow
Few would argue that our confusing patchwork of socialism and prohibitionism met his goal. In the last Session of the General Assembly, ... «PennLive.com, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prohibitionism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prohibitionism>. Apr 2024 ».
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