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IMPRIMATUR

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formal and explicit approvalplay

Example:

a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement

Synonyms:

countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("imprimatur" is a kind of...):

approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imprimatur"):

O.K.; OK; okay; okeh; okey (an endorsement)

visa (an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it)

nihil obstat (the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church)

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