Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of disapproving; condemnation or censure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of disapproving; disapprobation; dislike.
- noun Synonyms See
disapprobation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
disapproving , an expression ofcondemnation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of disapproving or condemning
- noun a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
- noun the expression of disapproval
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
Etymologies
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Examples
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That's why his disapproval is at the highest point of his presidency in the CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll.
06/28/2005 2005
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"The latest poll of polls shows disapproval is now higher than approval."
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Reagan was about two points lower than Obama in disapproval, but he was almost four points lower in approval, as well.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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The biggest drop has been on his handling of the economy, down 12 points since February; his disapproval is up 19 points.
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Reagan was about two points lower than Obama in disapproval, but he was almost four points lower in approval, as well.
Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- September, 2010 Chris Weigant 2010
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My disapproval is becuase he won't tell the RNC/blue dog dems were to put it.
CNN Poll: President's approval on health care under 50 percent 2009
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In other words, if a Member of Congress disapproves of the way that the Rules Committee operates, the only way to show disapproval is to vote for somebody else for Speaker of the House.
The implication of the House Rules Committee. | RedState 2010
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ThinkProgress was at the speech and observed attendees of the conference murmuring and shaking their heads in disapproval:
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If anything my disapproval is that the President is NOT TOUGH ENOUGH on that country.
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We can feel shame for living in poverty, for loving a member of the same sex, for breastfeeding publicly, if any measure of social disapproval is directed at those things.
jeen0809 commented on the word disapproval
His proposal was disapproved.
March 22, 2007