A person who opposes prohibition, particularly the legal banning of alcohol sales and consumption.
From anti- (against) + prohibition + -ist (a person who practices or advocates something). Emerged prominently during American Prohibition as a label for those who campaigned against alcohol bans, including both business interests and civil libertarians.
Antiprohibitionists weren't always just greedy brewers—many were civil libertarians who believed the government shouldn't control personal choices, making this a word that represents a genuine philosophical clash about freedom.
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