denunciation
pronunciation
How to pronounce denunciation in British English:
UK [dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce denunciation in American English:
US [dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən, -ʃi-]
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- Noun:
- a public act of denouncing
Word Origin
- denunciation (n.)
- early 15c., "act of declaring or stating something," from Latin denuntiationem (nominative denuntiatio), noun of action from past participle stem of denuntiare (see denounce). Meaning "a charge" is mid-15c.
Example
- 1. Today they seem a sitting target for denunciation .
- 2. But the party 's denunciation of the veto has drowned that out .
- 3. More broadly , it was a denunciation of decades of incompetence and corruption .
- 4. Osama bin laden issues a fierce denunciation of the u.s. from his saudi prison cell .
- 5. But officials privately suggest this is little more than ritualistic denunciation aimed at easing beijing 's paranoia .