censoriousnessn.
/sɛnˈsɔːrɪəsnɪs/ The quality of being censorious or severely critical; disposition to censure or find fault.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > censure or condemnation > quality of
censoriousness1651
censurableness1654
censurability1884
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 281 I finde..that Saints have..more sin in them then ever I imagined..; which makes me have more censorious thoughts of depraved nature in general, and less censoriousness of particular persons.., then ever I had in my life.
1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 103 God will cause men to abhorre that censoriousness of their Brethren.
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 102. ⁋5 All Females addicted to Censoriousness and Detraction.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 50. ⁋12 Another vice of age..is severity and censoriousness.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 318 The bold censoriousness of republican historians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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