temperance movement

English

Noun

temperance movement (plural temperance movements)

A social movement which campaigned against the consumption of alcohol, and which spread to many countries in its heyday in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Translations

movement against alcohol consumption

Norwegian:
Bokmål: avholdsbevegelse m

See also

References

“temperance movement”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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