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TEETOTALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teetotalism mean? 

TEETOTALISM (noun)
  The noun TEETOTALISM has 1 sense:

1. abstaining from alcoholplay

  Familiarity information: TEETOTALISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TEETOTALISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Abstaining from alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

teetotaling; teetotalism

Hypernyms ("teetotalism" is a kind of...):

abstinence (act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite)

Derivation:

teetotalist (a total abstainer)


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