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DENOUNCEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
denouncement; denunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("denouncement" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "denouncement"):
excoriation (severe censure)
diatribe; fulmination (thunderous verbal attack)
broadside; philippic; tirade (a speech of violent denunciation)
damnation (the act of damning)
condemnation; curse; execration (an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group)
Derivation:
denounce (speak out against)
denounce (to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful)