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disapprobation

[dis-ap-ruh-bay-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

And among mothers I know, there seems to be a slow-brewing backlash to the idea that we should let our lives be ruled by the twin fears of danger and of disapprobation.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 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

When registering disapprobation, he always reverted back to her childhood nickname.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee




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