Prohibition Synonyms and Antonyms

prōə-bĭshən
The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prohibition-era
Restrictions placed upon the handling or consumption of liquor; often capital
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. volstead act
  2. temperance
  3. Eighteenth Amendment
  4. Prohibition Amendment; the Noble Experiment
  5. the Lost Cause
  6. the Eighteenth Amusement

Words Related to Prohibition

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Prohibition Sentence Examples

  • He re-enacted the prohibition of appeal.

  • It aimed at the prohibition of discrimination between persons, places and commodities.

  • Among other things, Phillips contended, during his later years, for prohibition, woman suffrage and various penal and administrative reforms. He was not always the best judge of character, and was sometimes allied in these movements with men who were little more than demagogues.

  • The numerous projects, good and bad, that were inaugurated in 1866-1875, and the various kinds of laws and charters conferring special privileges that were secured, led to the constitutional prohibition of special legislation already mentioned.

  • He did not keep on good terms with William the Conqueror, and in 1075, disregarding the king's prohibition, married his sister Emma to Ralph Guader, earl of Norfolk, at the famous bridal of Norwich.

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