prohibitionist

noun pro·hi·bi·tion·ist \ -sh(ə-)nist \

Definition of prohibitionist

:one who favors prohibition; especially, capitalized :a member of a U.S. political party advocating prohibition

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Prohibitionists were trying to legislate individual morality.

— mark lawrence schrad, Washington Post, "On Prohibition’s 100th anniversary, here’s a distillation of 3 myths about the temperance movement.," 1 Aug. 2017
The honest, informed prohibitionist acknowledges that his preferred policy is inseparable from ineradicable black markets in narcotics, which have fueled street violence throughout the War on Drugs.

— conor friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "How Drug Prohibition Fuels American Carnage," 21 June 2017
And while Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump agree on almost nothing, mainstream Democrats and Republicans alike often talk about the national debt the way prohibitionists once discussed booze.

— nelson d. schwartz, New York Times, "Clinton? Trump? Either Way, Count on Deficit Spending to Rise," 31 July 2016

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: someone who supported the laws that made the production and sale of alcohol illegal in the U.S. during Prohibition

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