单词 | preventionism |
释义 | preventionism|prɪˈvɛnʃənɪz(ə)m| [f. prevention + -ism.] A policy of prevention. So preˈventionist, one who favours such a policy.
1918A. Gray tr. Grelling's Crime II. ii. 109 All these questions..must simultaneously be answered in the affirmative, if the preventionists wish to justify their point of view. Ibid. 118 When preventionism suits their purpose, they speak of the right and the duty of the anticipated defence against future attack. 1978D. Grylls Guardians & Angels ii. 66 The child-cruelty furore..promoted sympathy for children's sufferings, and preventionists tended to deprecate not only cruelty but strictness. |

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