expostulation
pronunciation
How to pronounce expostulation in British English:
UK [ɪkˌspɒstʃʊ'leɪʃn]
How to pronounce expostulation in American English:
US [ɪkˌspɒstʃʊ'leɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
- an exclamation of protest or remonstrance or reproof
Word Origin
- expostulation (n.)
- 1580s, "action of remonstrating in a friendly manner;" 1590s, "argumentative protest," from Latin expostulationem (nominative expostulatio) "a pressing demand, complaint," noun of action from past participle stem of expostulare "demand urgently" (see expostulate).
Example
- 1. Expostulation is a very important old-line tradition of chinese poetry .
- 2. In his expostulation he dropped his cleaner hand upon the joker 's heart .
- 3. Calamities and politics : an elementary study on expostulation about calamities in .
- 4. Few of the continent 's conflicts have provoked as much moral expostulation as when , in 2004 and 2005 , the truth emerged about the sudanese government 's brutal suppression of an uprising there .
- 5. This was more difficult than he expected ; he wanted to launch out into a long expostulation and explanation , but he only said : " the night I locked her out -- " and she interrupted , " I don 't feel up to going over that again . "