prohibitionist
Americannoun
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a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
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(initial capital letter) a member of the Prohibition party.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of prohibitionist
First recorded in 1840–50; prohibition + -ist
Example Sentences
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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.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023
Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023
A sprawling history of a concept, spanning decades of prohibitionist thinking and the latest in recovery research, could easily fall apart were it not informed by Fisher's experience.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2022
The disease notion, however, obscures those facts and narrows our view to counterproductive criminal responses, like harsh prohibitionist crackdowns.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2022
One may, as a matter of strict conscience, be both a pedestrian and a prohibitionist, and yet not find it in his heart to decline such an invitation.
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord
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