prohibition

/prohibition/

Thân thiện

The 18th Amendment established Prohibition in the United States.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of officially forbidding something: "Prohibition" refers to the action of prohibiting, inhibiting, or forbidding an activity or substance by law or authority.
   • A law or decree that forbids something: It can also mean a specific law, rule, or order that makes something illegal.
   • The period in US history when alcohol was banned: Specifically, "Prohibition" (often capitalized) refers to the era from 1920 to 1933 when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages was banned nationwide by constitutional amendment.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The government issued a prohibition on smoking in all public buildings.
  • The treaty includes a prohibition against the testing of nuclear weapons.
  • She grew up hearing stories about life during Prohibition.

Advanced Usage

• "To be in prohibition of": To be in a state of officially forbidding something.
  • The city is in prohibition of loud noises after 10 PM.
• "To lay a prohibition on": To impose a ban.
  • The council laid a prohibition on the use of plastic bags.

Variants and Related Words

• Prohibit (verb): To formally forbid by law, rule, or other authority.
  • The law prohibits texting while driving.
• Prohibitive (adjective): So high as to prevent purchase or use; tending to forbid.
  • The cost of the treatment was prohibitive for many families.

Synonyms

• Ban: An official or legal prohibition.
• Embargo: An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
• Injunction: A judicial order that restrains a person from beginning or continuing an action.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Prohibition" is a noun and does not form standard phrasal verbs. Related verbal forms are covered under 'Variants'.)

Related Idioms

• The law of prohibition: A phrase sometimes used to refer to the body of laws enforcing a ban, especially the US constitutional amendment.
  • He wrote a book about the social effects of the law of prohibition.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
   • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
   • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
   • he ignored his parents' forbiddance
2. refusal to approve or assent to
3. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
4. a decree that prohibits something
5. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
   • in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US

Từ đồng nghĩa

• inhibition
• forbiddance
• prohibition era
• ban
• proscription