| 单词 | proscriptiveness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasproˈscriptiveness proˈscriptiveness n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [noun] > proscription or interdiction > quality of being proscriptive proscriptiveness1855 1855 National Era 8 Nov. 177 It is not..an unreasonable expectation that men animated by such a spirit will so revise their declaration of principles and policy as to leave in them nothing..obnoxious to the charge of proscriptiveness or intolerance. 1886 N. F. Ravlin Progress. Thoughts Great Subj. v. 70 The proscriptiveness of ecclesiastical intolerance is a characteristic of a dead church. 1928 R. W. Winston A. Johnson: Plebeian & Patriot iv. 71 He fiercely attacked and destroyed the Know-Nothing party on account of its signs, its grips, its passwords, its..narrowness, littleness and proscriptiveness. 1992 Times 1 Jan. 10/5 Behind this increasing proscriptiveness lies a revolution in attitudes to animal life. < as lemmas |
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