abolitionist vs militant

abolitionist

noun
  • A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice. 

  • A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery. 

adj
  • In favor of the abolition of slavery. 

militant

noun
  • Specifically, someone who supports the Trotskyist political view expressed in the newspaper Militant, or who engages in aggressive left-wing politics. 

  • An entrenched or aggressive adherent to a particular cause, now especially a member of a particular ideological faction. 

adj
  • Fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike. 

  • Aggressively supporting of a political or social cause; adamant, combative. 

How often have the words abolitionist and militant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )