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单词 denunciation
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Definition of denunciation in English:

denunciation

noun dɪˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃ(ə)ndəˌnənsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1Public condemnation of someone or something.

    denunciation of his reckless methods
    count noun a denunciation of the bombing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When is the world going to recoil in horror and issue fierce denunciations of all this too?
    • Half a world away, however, the discovery has provoked howls of outrage and denunciations of a woman formerly held in the highest regard.
    • So we get hysterical denunciations of measures that are not objectionable when the real cause of their anger was the objectionable way in which those measures were carried out.
    • Religious heresy denunciations do not appear often, outside of certain insular ultra-orthodox circles.
    • Responding to this personal attack, Paul's comments are a sarcastic rebuttal of the denunciations of his victims.
    • I'd get these eight-page denunciations, accusing me of didacticism, as if I hadn't already thought of that.
    • This defense of war crimes is combined with denunciations of those who expose or criticize them and attempts to further cow an already pliant media.
    • But critics who want to portray themselves as moderate would do well to moderate their wild denunciations.
    • I don't know if he is an unfairly vilified man or if any of the denunciations of his morals and motives have some truth to them.
    • These denunciations of his policies as responsible for the South's growing relative impoverishment no longer look convincing.
    • Since then, the playwright has enjoyed a certain amount of notoriety, as much for his denunciations of the theatre establishment as for his work.
    • But amidst all the self-analysis and denunciations of his own weakness, how can we be sure if he is telling the truth or simply preparing his place in history?
    • However, in the subsequent rainstorm of denunciations posted on popular websites, there was rarely any judicious analysis.
    • The reason these denunciations of the use of urgency carry some weight is because its misuse raises important questions of democratic oversight.
    • Litigation, public denunciations, and even bribery proved fruitless.
    • There were sharp interventions and denunciations of the present globalisation process as the root of widespread poverty.
    • They issued the immediate denunciations and condemnations, even called them idiots and monsters.
    • The government camp has reacted to the mounting protests with frenzied denunciations.
    • That kind of talk drew barbs and denunciations from media quarters that had applauded his efforts to end racial segregation.
    Synonyms
    uncovering, revelation, showing, display, exhibition, disclosure, manifestation, unveiling, unmasking
    1. 1.1 The action of informing against someone.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She wrote out carefully and with a steady hand that denunciation of Citizen-Deputy Déroulède which has become an historical document, and is preserved in the chronicles of France.
      • In addition to self-denunciation, they wallowed in orgies of accusation against others.
      • Even after Nicholas ordered that false denunciations should be punished, the flood of accusations continued.

Derivatives

  • denunciator

  • noun dɪˈnʌnsɪeɪtədəˈnənsiˌeɪdər
    • A person who publicly condemns or denounces someone or something.

      a passionate denunciator of racism
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No great poet has ever forgotten his mission as a prophet, the denunciator of evil and upholder of virtue.
      • The artist exposes himself within his work as both a denunciator and a manipulator of the media.
      • Usually the denunciator is not strong himself, otherwise he would not find time for condemnation.
  • denunciatory

  • adjective dɪˈnʌnsɪət(ə)ridəˈnənsiəˌtɔri
    • If I forgot anybody, send me a denunciatory e-mail.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This denunciatory zeal has not jeopardized historical vision - if anything, it has inspired some of the finest work of a generation.
      • ‘Religion as mere sentiment,’ he wrote with denunciatory directness, ‘is to me a dream and a mockery.’
      • European newspapers published denunciatory editorials by writers who had never set foot on any mountain, let alone the Matterhorn.
      • Despite official English policies that held tobacco to be harmful, and a denunciatory tract by James I, the plant became colonial Virginia's export staple, and tobacco use was widespread among the colonists.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin denuntiatio(n-), from the verb denuntiare (see denounce). The original sense was 'public announcement', also 'formal accusation'; the main sense dates from the mid 19th century.

 
 

Definition of denunciation in US English:

denunciation

noundəˌnənsēˈāSH(ə)ndəˌnənsiˈeɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1Public condemnation of someone or something.

    denunciation of his reckless methods
    count noun a denunciation of the bombing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were sharp interventions and denunciations of the present globalisation process as the root of widespread poverty.
    • When is the world going to recoil in horror and issue fierce denunciations of all this too?
    • These denunciations of his policies as responsible for the South's growing relative impoverishment no longer look convincing.
    • The government camp has reacted to the mounting protests with frenzied denunciations.
    • The reason these denunciations of the use of urgency carry some weight is because its misuse raises important questions of democratic oversight.
    • But critics who want to portray themselves as moderate would do well to moderate their wild denunciations.
    • They issued the immediate denunciations and condemnations, even called them idiots and monsters.
    • I'd get these eight-page denunciations, accusing me of didacticism, as if I hadn't already thought of that.
    • However, in the subsequent rainstorm of denunciations posted on popular websites, there was rarely any judicious analysis.
    • Since then, the playwright has enjoyed a certain amount of notoriety, as much for his denunciations of the theatre establishment as for his work.
    • That kind of talk drew barbs and denunciations from media quarters that had applauded his efforts to end racial segregation.
    • Litigation, public denunciations, and even bribery proved fruitless.
    • Religious heresy denunciations do not appear often, outside of certain insular ultra-orthodox circles.
    • But amidst all the self-analysis and denunciations of his own weakness, how can we be sure if he is telling the truth or simply preparing his place in history?
    • This defense of war crimes is combined with denunciations of those who expose or criticize them and attempts to further cow an already pliant media.
    • So we get hysterical denunciations of measures that are not objectionable when the real cause of their anger was the objectionable way in which those measures were carried out.
    • Half a world away, however, the discovery has provoked howls of outrage and denunciations of a woman formerly held in the highest regard.
    • I don't know if he is an unfairly vilified man or if any of the denunciations of his morals and motives have some truth to them.
    • Responding to this personal attack, Paul's comments are a sarcastic rebuttal of the denunciations of his victims.
    Synonyms
    uncovering, revelation, showing, display, exhibition, disclosure, manifestation, unveiling, unmasking
    1. 1.1 The action of informing against someone.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In addition to self-denunciation, they wallowed in orgies of accusation against others.
      • She wrote out carefully and with a steady hand that denunciation of Citizen-Deputy Déroulède which has become an historical document, and is preserved in the chronicles of France.
      • Even after Nicholas ordered that false denunciations should be punished, the flood of accusations continued.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin denuntiatio(n-), from the verb denuntiare (see denounce). The original sense was ‘public announcement’, also ‘formal accusation’; the main sense dates from the mid 19th century.

 
 
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