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pronunciamento|prəʊnʌnsɪəˈmɛntəʊ|
[ad. Sp. pronunciamiento (pronunθjaˈmjento), lit. a pronouncement, repr. a L. type *prōnuntiāmentum, f. prōnuntiāre to pronounce: see -ment.]
A pronouncement, a proclamation, a manifesto; often applied to one issued by insurrectionists, esp. in Spanish-speaking countries. Also attrib.
1835Morning Courier & N.Y. Enquirer 23 Nov. 2/2 It is not..a question of a pronounciamiento in favor of federalism or centralism, or who shall govern. 1843W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1866) III. 287 The besiegers calculated..upon a pronunciamento in favor of the insurrectional government. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 352/2 Malaga shared with Lugo..in taking the lead in the Espartero Pronunciamento. 1886Cycl. Tour. Club Gaz. June 215 The pronunciamentos of well-posted critics notwithstanding. 1889Spectator 14 Dec. 835 Marshal da Fonseca..made a pronunciamiento, in Spanish fashion, against the Ministry. 1906R. Fry Let. 20 Nov. (1972) I. 273 The Trustees..will pass some sort of resolution accepting my pronunciamento. 1929Times 1 Nov. 17/4 The worst result of the Spanish doctor's pronunciamento is likely to be a regular cult of conscientious and laboured irregularity. 1939H. G. Wells Holy Terror iv. iii. 439 The pronunciamento bosses of those little old republics there used to be in South America. 1951E. Paul Springtime in Paris xi. 202 Then came Zhdanov's pronunciamento in Russia condemning jazz as degenerate and unfit for proletarian amusement. 1968R. Hargreaves Bloodybacks x. 265 Although there was anything but unanimity of sentiment and opinion among the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies, the Congressional pronunciamento had committed them to continued resistance. 1972Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 10 Nov. 18/1 The political revolution consisted largely of intimidation, arbitrary rule..and windy pronunciamientos. 1975New Yorker 20 Jan. 61/3, I wish he had prevailed on the author to drop a few samples of the writer-hero's more high-flown, phony-eloquent pronunciamentos. |