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pronouncement|prəʊˈnaʊnsmənt|
[f. pronounce v. + -ment: cf. OF. prononcement (13th c.).]
1. The action or an act of pronouncing; a formal statement, esp. one authoritatively made; an opinion or decision given; a declaration, assertion.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 46 Repent yet, and I will repent me of the pronouncement against thee. 1680J. C. Vind. Oaths (ed. 2) 1 The first and lowest step or degree is a bare and simple affirmation and negation, or pronouncement of the matter without more, as to say,..‘My name is John’. 1860W. G. Ward Nat. & Grace i. p. xxvii, The Catholic philosopher is bound to take care, that his conclusions are fully in accordance with the pronouncements of sound Theology. 1880F. Hall in 19th Cent. Sept. 424 Peremptory and unseasoned pronouncements as to what is bad English are not the least of the minor pests which vex our enlightened age.
2. The fact or condition of being pronounced or strongly marked. rare.
1908Q. Rev. Jan. 272 It was not till the approach of the Renaissance that the feeling attained any definite pronouncement in Europe. |