teetotalism

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Recent Examples of teetotalism Drink makers are also facing an existential threat from a growing tide of teetotalism, especially from Gen Z drinkers. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 30 Jan. 2024 Among Cogswell’s obsessions was teetotalism. John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 Colorado Off-Slope Experience Even though Utah has a reputation for tilting toward teetotalism, this battle isn’t a walkover for Colorado. Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022 For the past few years, Americans have increasingly dabbled with teetotalism. Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020 Perhaps a sequel might suggest that Adolf Hitler’s teetotalism put him in a tetchy mood; a relaxing glass of schnapps might have kept him out of Poland. New York Times, 30 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teetotalism
Noun
  • By 1982, schools in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Ohio had challenged the book for not promoting abstinence or monogamy.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 8 May 2025
  • Studies suggest cannabis may help individuals maintain alcohol abstinence, with some patients reporting it as an effective substitute.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At the foundation of Francis’s death of ego and rebirth of self is his meticulous practice of sobriety.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2025
  • However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside. Field sobriety tests are subjective and may not accurately measure sobriety, according to Bee archives.
    Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • At least in this instance, Mexican policy was a triumph of economic rationality over ideology.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Such a war would be motivated, in China, by a politics of identity that is largely impervious to economic rationality and other strategic considerations.
    RANA MITTER, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Last month, the San Francisco central committee resolution passed with 15 aye votes, eight nays and eight abstentions.
    Heather Knight, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • City Attorney Leslie Devaney said the city’s rules tally the abstention with the majority of council members who did cast votes, meaning the item was approved.
    Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.
    Samantha Eyler, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2017

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“Teetotalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teetotalism. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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