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de·nun·ci·a·tion (dē nun′sē ās̸hən, di-)

noun

the act of denouncing

Etymology: ME denunciacioun < L denuntiatio < denuntiatus, pp. of denuntiare, to announce, denounce < de-, intens. + nuntiare, announce

Related Forms:

  • denunciatory de·nun′·ci·a·to′ry (-ə tôr′ē) adjective or denunciative de·nun′·ci·a′·tive (-āt′iv)
denunciation Synonyms

denunciation

n.

denunciation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • practice: In effect, it is a coolly intellectual denunciation of passive reading practices, a clarion call to readers dulled by formula fiction.
  • war: He also suggested that denunciation of war had not been the totality of the Bolshevik program.
  • atrocity: Churchill led in the denunciation of the alleged horrible atrocities and brutalities of the Nazis, but his record is surely no better.
  • imperialism: Denunciations of Western imperialism were then the order of the day.
  • capitalism: The utopian communists ' denunciation of capitalism provided wonderful ammunition.
  • evil: One writer says: ' He was all passion in his prayers and passionate in his denunciation of evil in the land.

Converse of object

  • write: About 30 leading Chinese liberals, many of them very well-known public figures, wrote a vigorous denunciation of this statement.
  • issue: The same day, 20 Chinese-American organizations issued a denunciation of his treatment.
  • make: They made this denunciation in a meeting with Prime Minister Luisa Diogo, during her visit to that locality on 6 November.
  • contain: His second homily contains a denunciation of usury which has become famous.
  • hear: Politics is the only arena where we hear old-style biblical denunciations of any drug use.
  • ring: Rosie Kane spoke well and Galloway made a ringing denunciation of the police for illegally banning the march.

Adjective modifier

  • fierce: It drew forth fierce denunciations from members of the Forum Club, a Trotskyist political forum in Cape Town.
  • passionate: Two years ago at Durban, HIV positive Judge Edwin Cameron's passionate denunciation of health inequality galvanized the world drug access movement.
  • bitter: For here is a long and often bitter denunciation from someone of undoubted ability who yet knows what he is writing about.
  • angry: The poems in Révolte are all characterized by their angry denunciation of God, the creator of human suffering.
  • strong: Kim was moved before he had to make a decision but Charles took exception to my strong denunciation of his civil service team.

Noun used with modifier

  • ritual: Ritual denunciation of all those ho do not tow the official line, by means of extreme and inflammatory rhetoric: eg.
denunciation Quotes

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatlyassists the circulation of their blood.

—Smith, Logan Pearsall

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