Both Uses of
abolitionist
in
Atlas Shrugged
- The man in Roomette 2, Car No. 9, was a professor of economics who advocated the abolition of private property, explaining that intelligence plays no part in industrial production, that man's mind is conditioned by material tools, that anybody can run a factory or a railroad and it's only a matter of seizing the machinery.†
Chpt 2.7
- I know that their abolition of all scientific research does not mean a damn to you or me, and that you would want me to continue.†
Chpt 2.9 *
Definition:
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(abolitionist) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery