denunciation

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/, /dɪˌnʊnsiˈeɪʃən/
    Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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Noun

denunciation (countable and uncountable, plural denunciations)

  1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
  2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.
    • 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents[1], number Summer 2019:
      [Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.
  3. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.