abolisjonisme

From English abolitionism, from abolition, either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin abolitiō (“abolishing, annulling, abolition”), from aboleō (“I destroy, abolish, terminate”), from both ab- (“away”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and *oleō (“increase, grow”), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, the o-grade causative of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Equivalent to abolisjon +‎ -isme.

• IPA^(key): /abʊlɪʃʊˈnɪsmə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsmə
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧li‧sjo‧nis‧me

abolisjonisme m (definite singular abolisjonismen, indefinite plural abolisjonismer, definite plural abolisjonismene)

1. (chiefly historical) abolitionism (support for the abolition of something, such as slavery, prostitution or capital punishment)
2. (historical) abolitionism (specifically the support for the abolition of slavery, chiefly in the US)

• abolisjonist (“abolitionist”)
• abolisjonistisk (“abolitionist”)

• “abolisjonisme” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).