denunciation
noun/dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/
/dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- denunciation (of somebody/something) an act of criticizing somebody/something strongly in public
- The bishop made an angry denunciation of the government's policies.
- All parties joined in bitter denunciation of the terrorists.
Extra Examples- In his speech, he made a fierce denunciation of government policy.
- a public denunciation of the corrupt system
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- angry
- bitter
- fierce
- …
- issue
- make
- denunciation of
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin denuntiatio(n-), from the verb denuntiare ‘give official information’, based on nuntius ‘messenger’. The original sense was ‘public announcement’, also ‘formal accusation’; the main sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
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