prohibitionism
Outlaw the bottle
Prohibitionism is the belief that certain substances or activities—especially alcohol—should be banned by law rather than regulated or tolerated.
The term often carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the position is naive or authoritarian: Her prohibitionism extends to anything she personally dislikes.
A prohibitionist advocates such bans.
Constitutional alcohol ban
- local optionCommunity self-determination on issues
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- repealAnnul a statute
- Twenty-first AmendmentEnded national alcohol ban
enforcement · dry county · blue laws · alcohol ban · liquor law
Total sobriety as principle
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- pledgeBinding promise given
- moderationAvoidance of excess
Illicit liquor establishment
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
bathtub gin · blind pig · still · illicit trade · organized crime · Al Capone · gangster · black market
Moral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- purityUncontaminated quality
- pietySincere religious devotion
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
moral reform · sin · vice · saloon · demon rum · uplift · salvation · corruption
Direct effort for reform
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
- abolitionismMovement to end oppression
advocacy · lobbying · petitioning · grassroots · rallies · crusade · moral suasion · evangelical
Eighteenth Amendment
Constitutional alcohol ban
- local optionCommunity self-determination on issues
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- repealAnnul a statute
Twenty-first Amendment · enforcement · dry county · blue laws · alcohol ban · liquor law
teetotalism
Total sobriety as principle
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- pledgeBinding promise given
moderation · self-denial · WCTU · blue ribbon · white ribbon
speakeasy
Illicit liquor establishment
- moonshineIllegally distilled spirits
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
- bootleggerIllegal liquor trafficker
smuggling · bathtub gin · blind pig · still · illicit trade · organized crime · Al Capone · gangster · black market · hooch
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- purityUncontaminated quality
- pietySincere religious devotion
sanctity · moral reform · sin · vice · saloon · demon rum · uplift · salvation · corruption · degradation
activism
Direct effort for reform
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
abolitionism · advocacy · lobbying · petitioning · grassroots · rallies · crusade · moral suasion · evangelical · revivalism
prohibitionismlegalization
Making something lawful
repeal · decriminalization · liberalization · harm reduction · deregulation
prohibitionismlibertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
personal liberty · individual freedom · free choice · permissiveness · self-determination
prohibitionismlibertinism
Unrestrained indulgence in pleasure
hedonism · libertarianism · personal liberty · individual autonomy · license