prohibition (redirected from Prohibitionists)

pro·hi·bi·tion  (pr-bshn)

n.

1. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.

2. A law, order, or decree that forbids something.

3.

a. The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.

b. Prohibition The period (1920-1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.

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prohibition [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃən]

n

1. the act of prohibiting or state of being prohibited

2. an order or decree that prohibits

3. (Historical Terms) (sometimes capital) (esp in the US) a policy of legally forbidding the manufacture, transportation, sale, or consumption of alcoholic beverages except for medicinal or scientific purposes

4. (Law) Law an order of a superior court (in Britain the High Court) forbidding an inferior court to determine a matter outside its jurisdiction

prohibitionary  adj

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Prohibition [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃən]

n

(Historical Terms) the period (1920-33) when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors was banned by constitutional amendment in the US

Prohibitionist  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prohibition - a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" law - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	prohibition - a decree that prohibits something     ban, proscription decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" banning-order - an order that bans something cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction - (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order" interdict, interdiction - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
	3.	prohibition - the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment prohibition era period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	4.	prohibition - refusal to approve or assent to refusal - the act of refusing interdiction - authoritative prohibition banning, forbiddance, forbidding, ban - an official prohibition or edict against something
	5.	prohibition - the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" forbiddance, inhibition action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

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prohibition

noun ban, boycott, embargo, bar, veto, prevention, exclusion, injunction, disqualification, interdiction, interdict, proscription, disallowance, forbiddance a comprehensive prohibition of nuclear weapons

Translations

prohibition [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃən] N → prohibición f
Prohibition (US) → la ley seca, la Prohibición

prohibition [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃ^ən] n → prohibition f
a prohibition on sth → une interdiction de qch
a prohibition on discrimination → une interdiction de la discrimination
prohibition against sth → interdiction de qch

prohibition

n

→ Verbot nt; the prohibition of alcohol → das Alkoholverbot

(the) Prohibition (US Hist) → die Prohibition; the Prohibition era (US Hist) → die Prohibitionszeit

prohibition [ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃ/ən] n → proibizione f, divieto
Prohibition (esp Am) (of alcohol) → proibizionismo