prohibition

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noun

1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages (Freq. 3)
- in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
• Derivationally related forms:
prohibitionist
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
law
2. a decree that prohibits something (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
ban, proscription
• Derivationally related forms:
proscribe (for: proscription), ban (for: ban)
• Hypernyms:
decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
• Hyponyms:
banning-order, injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order,
interdict, interdiction
3. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
prohibition era
• Derivationally related forms:
prohibitionist
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
4. refusal to approve or assent to
• Hypernyms:
refusal
• Hyponyms:
interdiction, ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding
5. 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
• Syn:
inhibition, forbiddance
• Derivationally related forms:
forbid (for: forbiddance), inhibit (for: inhibition), prohibit
• Hypernyms:
action

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inhibition, forbiddance, prohibition era, ban, proscription