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The Overdue Abolishment of Hojuje

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  • Shouldn't that be "abolition"?
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Abolishment's definition is "the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)." Abolition is synonymous with abolishment. smile
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  • Yes, but see OED where abolishment is rated archaic, mostly unused since the 17th century and unseen since 1881, and abolition "is now generally used instead." "Abolishment" will read illiterate to most contemporary users of the language, and there is no purpose in an archaicism were a perfectly good modern substitute based on the same word is available and is shorter.

 

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