antialcoholism

[ an-tee-al-kuh-haw-liz-uhm, -ho-, an-tahy- ]

noun

1. opposition to excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Other Words From

• anti·alco·holic adjective
• anti·alco·hol·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of antialcoholism¹

anti- + alcoholism

Example Sentences

Inhibition of proteasome activity, nuclear factor-κB translocation and cell survival by the antialcoholism drug disulfiram.

From Nature

For example, he asked, was everything available "except for vodka," a teasing reference to his antialcoholism campaign.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many also miss the vodka that is now scarce under antialcoholism edicts that have earned Gorbachev the nickname "Secretary for Mineral Water."

From Time Magazine Archive

As part of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's antialcoholism campaign, liquor stores had cut their hours, selling their wares only from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yuri Solovyov, the Leningrad regional party boss who had lost his uncontested election race for the new legislature, charged that Kremlin initiatives like the antialcoholism campaign and the program to foster cooperative businesses had been carried out with "inconsistency, haste and insufficient thought."

From Time Magazine Archive