From English abolitionism, from abolition, either from Middle French abolition, or directly from Latin abolitiō (“abolishing, annulling, abolition”), from aboleō (“I retard, destroy, abolish”), from both ab- (“away, from, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from *oleō (“I grow”), from Proto-Italic *oleō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oléye-, from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Equivalent to abolisjon + -ist, with the suffix from French -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂. Equivalent to abolisjon + -isme, suffix from French -isme (“-ism”), from Latin -isma, -ismus (“-ism”), from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós, forms abstract nouns), from -μός (-mós, forms abstract nouns), from Proto-Indo-European *-mos or *-mós (creates nouns).
abolisjonisme m (definite singular abolisjonismen, indefinite plural abolisjonismer, definite plural abolisjonismene)