opprobrium
noun/əˈprəʊbriəm/
/əˈprəʊbriəm/
[uncountable] (formal)- severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people
- The bombing has attracted international opprobrium.
- The government did not deserve the opprobrium heaped on it by the national press.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘infamy’, from opprobrum, from ob- ‘against’ + probrum ‘disgraceful act’.
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