pronouncement
/prəˈnaʊnsm(ə)nt
/noun
A formal or authoritative announcement or declaration: distrust of the pronouncements of politicians was endemic...
- It is certainly in his commercial interests to make his pronouncements sound as authoritative as possible.
- The theological message of ritual scourging was made clear to spectators in formal pronouncements.
- It styles itself as a canon - an authoritative pronouncement on great literature.
Synonyms
announcement, proclamation, declaration, formal statement, assertion, judgement, ruling, adjudication, decree, edict, ordinance, dictum, promulgation, deliverance;
in Tsarist Russia ukase;
in Spain & Spanish-speaking countries pronunciamento;
Latin ipse dixit
rare asseveration
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- Harrington
- Harris
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- Harris, Frank
- Harris' hawk
- Harris hawk
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Harrison, Benjamin
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- Harrison, George
- Harrison, Sir Rex
- Harrison, William Henry
- Harris, Sir Arthur Travers
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