1. The policy or practice of prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Usage: Often capitalized when referring to the historical Prohibition era in the United States (1920–1933).; Can also refer to similar policies in other countries or time periods.
2. The principle or advocacy of prohibiting something considered harmful or undesirable.
Usage: Broader usage extending beyond alcohol to other substances or activities.

Examples

• Prohibitionism in the United States led to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919.
• The government's prohibitionism policy aimed to reduce alcohol-related crime and social problems.
• Many historians debate whether prohibitionism was effective or merely drove drinking underground.
• Drug prohibitionism remains a controversial approach to substance control in modern policy discussions.
• The temperance movement's prohibitionism reflected broader moral concerns of the early twentieth century.