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abolitionistisch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abolitionist noun A person who campaigns to abolish something, historically and most often the slave trade and slavery.

Senses

abolitionistisch is used for these senses in English:

  • abolitionist (chiefly, historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery. [since the late 18th century]

abolitionist — full definition

  1. noun A person who campaigns to abolish something, historically and most often the slave trade and slavery.
  2. adjective Relating to the movement to abolish something, especially slavery or, in modern use, prisons or the death penalty.