Antiteetotalism

/ˌæn.tɪtiˈtoʊ.tə.lɪz.əm/ noun

Opposition to the temperance movement or the principle of total abstinence from alcohol.

From anti- (against) + teetotalism (total abstinence from alcohol), from teetotal (possibly from reduplication of 'total'), + -ism (ideology). Antiteetotalism emerged in the 1800s as resistance to prohibition.

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