abolitionism
n. C1 Advanced US //ˌæbəˈɫɪʃəˌnɪzəm// abo·li·tion·ism
n. the belief that a specific practice or system should be completely stopped and destroyed. It is most often used to describe the movement to end slavery.
n. the advocacy of the total elimination of a specific practice, institution, or system. Historically associated with the movement to end slavery.
The abolitionism of slavery changed history forever.
The movement for the abolitionism of the death penalty gained significant traction during the late twentieth century.
Scholars of social history often examine the abolitionism of the transatlantic slave trade to understand how moral philosophy and economic shifts can converge to dismantle entrenched institutions.
From abolition + -ism.