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Definition of the temperance movement from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the temperance movement

 
/ðə ˈtempərəns muːvmənt/
 
/ðə ˈtempərəns muːvmənt/
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  1. a movement involving organized campaigns by various groups in the US, Britain and other countries in the 19th century to persuade people to drink little or no alcohol. These groups believed that the effects of alcohol were bad both for individual people and for society in general.
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