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prohibitionist

[ proh-uh-bish-uh-nist ]

noun

  1. a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
  2. (initial capital letter) a member of the Prohibition party.


prohibitionist

/ ËŒ±è°ùəʊɪˈ²úɪʃə²Ôɪ²õ³Ù /

noun

  1. sometimes capital a person who favours prohibition, esp of alcoholic beverages
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Derived Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of prohibitionist1

First recorded in 1840–50; prohibition + -ist
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Example Sentences

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However, she added: "The tone of this announcement suggests government is at risk of losing perspective of these facts, while simply dancing to the tune of anti-gambling prohibitionists, which serves no one."

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Part of the problem was lawmakers were too hasty in pushing ahead legalization without regulation, leaving a wide open goal for both prohibitionists and the opposition eager to score easy political points.

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And I'm not talking about just the decades of prohibitionist propaganda, either.

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The Senators owner, a prohibitionist through and through, made things harder on himself by subsisting without a source of revenue that other teams availed themselves of.

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Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws.

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