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proscription Definition

pro·scrip·tion (prō skrip′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a proscribing or being proscribed
  2. prohibition or interdiction

Etymology: ME proscripcioun < L proscriptio < proscriptus, pp.

proscription Related Forms
pro·scrip′·tive adjective pro·scrip′·tively adverb
proscription Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • organization: I expect a significant number of additional proscriptions of organizations around the time of publication of this report.

Converse of object

  • include: The bill being rushed through parliament includes the proscription of 15 " terrorist " organizations.

Adjective modifier

  • aerial: Aerial proscription was therefore peculiarly suited to Arab psychology as it allowed the rebel leaders to submit to overwhelmingly superior odds without losing face.
  • such: There have been no such proscriptions for the last 4 years.
  • own: The abstainers were simply not silly enough to vote for their own proscription!

Modifies a noun

  • order: Paul The minister is still considering the matter laughs Does the raising of a proscription order involve a lot of work for Ofcom?
  • regime: This will prevent organizations from evading the proscription regime by changing their name.
  • notice: The proscription notice, which the BNP distributed to all organizers in the party, was, tho belated, pretty clear.
  • campaign: Kennedy Trevaskis gave an account of contemporary air proscription campaigns in 1964.

Noun used with modifier

  • air: Authority was given for a new campaign of air proscription in the Radfan on 8 May 1964.
proscription Quotes

Fashion ismoretyrannical at Paristhaninanyother place in the world; it governs even more absolutely than their king, which issaying a great deal. The least revolt against it is punished by proscription.You must observe and conform to all the minutiae of it, if you will be in fashion there yourself; and if you are not in fashion, you are nobody.

—Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of