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disapprobation

[dis-ap-ruh-bey-shuhn] / ˌdɪs æp rəˈbeɪ ʃən /


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Although we can and should ascribe different levels of responsibility to people based on how senior they were and how involved their work was, none of them should escape the public’s moral disapprobation.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2020

Appropriation of Hinduism, quantum physics and all else is disapprobation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2020

Though the movie was subjected to a good deal of critical disapprobation, it was wildly popular.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018

It is easy to lob moral disapprobation when we are not caught in the web of structural violence and intergenerational poverty ourselves.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2016

Vincent makes this painting in July, when the letters between the brothers are all about Sien, Tersteeg’s disapproval, Theo’s disapprobation.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman