Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of proscribing; prohibition.
- noun The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of proscribing; outlawry; denunciation; prohibition; exclusion; specifically, the dooming of citizens to death as public enemies, and the confiscation of their goods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy.
- noun The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
prohibition . - noun history Decree of
condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity. - noun The act of
proscribing , or its result. - noun A decree or law that prohibits.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
- noun a decree that prohibits something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I actually intended “enormity” in this post to evoke primarily a sense of size and then to also take advantage of the secondary meaning to suggest that the proscription is bad; it’s easier to replace the word with “immensity” than with “wickedness” in my sentence.
Prescriptivists amaze me (to) no end « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Unless, and I’m only going out on a limb here, your proscription is totally arbitrary.
The no-final-prepositions rule: Not even half right. « Motivated Grammar 2010
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Unless, and I’m only going out on a limb here, your proscription is totally arbitrary.
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She spoke about "Hallal" food proscription, which is the equivalent of Jewish "Kosher" food law.
PERSONAL NEWS: Bourgeois Sacramento, the Interconnected Globe & 24 Hour Fitness (20 May 2006)! MaksimSmelchak 2006
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She spoke about "Hallal" food proscription, which is the equivalent of Jewish "Kosher" food law.
Archive 2006-05-01 MaksimSmelchak 2006
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Is it "proscription" in saying to another man, "I will not vote for you?"
Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy John Delafield
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A terrible list of victims, called the "proscription," because it was posted up in the forum, was prepared.
Roman life in the days of Cicero Alfred John Church 1870
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There was virtually no moral or legal proscription against drinking until after the War of Independence.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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If I were to speculate on the shellfish and scavengers, I would tend to cite the same reasons for the proscription.
Think Progress » Maryland Foster Agency Won’t Allow Muslim Mother To Foster A Child 2010
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The entire proscription against eating pork was explained to me by a Muslim fellow I teach at school with.
Think Progress » Maryland Foster Agency Won’t Allow Muslim Mother To Foster A Child 2010
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