reprohibition

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From re- +‎ prohibition.

Noun[edit]

reprohibition (plural reprohibitions)

  1. A second or subsequent prohibition.
    • 1992, Peter H. Smith, editor, Drug Policy In The Americas, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, →ISBN, page 228:
      But just as the costs of controlling illicit drugs do not of themselves justify legalization, the extensive damage done by alcohol is not sufficient to justify reprohibition.

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