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Definition of approbation in English: approbationnoun ˌaprəˈbeɪʃ(ə)nˌæprəˈbeɪʃən mass nounformal Approval or praise. 〈正式〉批准，认可；称赞 赞扬的言辞。 Example sentencesExamples - The end result is an unremarkable, unmemorable movie that deserves neither praise nor approbation.
- You cannot have two mega-personalities in a relationship where both are needy, egotistical, insecure and dependent on public approbation.
- The approbation he received when he took off in an amazingly cool style was the loudest heard that afternoon.
- Yet there's no widely used term of approbation for the other kind of reporting.
- They deserve credit, approbation, applause and salutations for this achievement.
- Thus he established the peasant proprietorship, and won approbation and support of the overwhelming majority of the population.
- Was it observation, approbation or disapproval?
- There is an unmistakable note of approbation here, even admiration; unusual for the museum except where the activist agenda is involved.
- His ambition for approbation sets bounds and limits to his ambition, so to speak.
- Unlike those who were angling for jobs or social approbation or credibility among the beltway elites, we just said what we thought.
- Upon completion of the reference to the Master, her determination and approval, shall require approbation by this court.
- The writer is expecting a certain amount of attention and courtesy and interest and perhaps approbation, but it always seems to be a kind of Roman arena sometimes, where the writer is thrown in to be savaged.
- And they don't get very much approbation for it.
- However, Shakespeare's attempts to locate himself within a literary tradition were not always met with such approbation.
- Indeed, women's encouragement and approbation of violent acts in war have added to men's satisfaction in committing these acts.
- It is wholly unsurprising that in the macho world of sports that an item like this would gain attention and approbation.
- Practically, this could be difficult given security concerns and, I suspect, some fair general approbation in smaller, more conservative communities.
- There are no prizes for guessing what value he places on each: bourgeois is always a term of abuse, revolutionary almost always a term of approbation.
- Imagine needing the comfort of popular approbation so badly that you would voluntarily comb through movie award nominations in search of comforting zeitgeist pellets!
- His participation in the parade implies acceptance, approval, approbation.
Synonyms approval, acceptance, assent, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, support, respect, admiration, commendation, congratulations praise, acclamation, adulation, regard, esteem, veneration, kudos, applause, ovation, accolades, salutes, plaudits rare laudation
Derivativesadjective ˈaprəbeɪtɪv formal Though most of these meanings are admittedly not approbative, the first sense, ‘undiluted,’ may carry with it the suggestion of primal energy. Example sentencesExamples - The speaker, in choosing a pejorative term rather than an approbative term (say, ‘willowy’), manifests disapproval of ‘she.’
- Of these three kinds of ethics the third, the approbative, is the one held in situation ethics.
- If otherwise, it is vaguely approbative, with the implication, as to the work approved, of some pleasing archaeological reconstruction.
- If I were someone else, likely the first approbative thing I'd say is, ‘I really like his cooking.’
adjective ˈaprəˌbeɪtəri formal In discussing the translation of his work, he was extremely approbatory. Example sentencesExamples - Some reviewers of my book took exception to the approbatory tone in which I described this popular religion.
- Perhaps someday it will return to Victoria's inner harbour and enlighten the city with approbatory friendly fire in greedy pursuit of our oil, gas, and fresh water.
- The special wine stored in Odysseus's palace against his return is described in approbatory fashion as ‘aged’; and the wine that Nestor brings out in honor of Telemachos is, we are told, 11 years old.
- Here, ‘diamond’ is approbatory, so the overall sense is ‘a good sort’.
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin approbatio(n-), from the verb approbare (see approbate). Definition of approbation in US English: approbationnounˌaprəˈbāSHənˌæprəˈbeɪʃən formal Approval or praise. 〈正式〉批准，认可；称赞 the opera met with high approbation Example sentencesExamples - Unlike those who were angling for jobs or social approbation or credibility among the beltway elites, we just said what we thought.
- The writer is expecting a certain amount of attention and courtesy and interest and perhaps approbation, but it always seems to be a kind of Roman arena sometimes, where the writer is thrown in to be savaged.
- You cannot have two mega-personalities in a relationship where both are needy, egotistical, insecure and dependent on public approbation.
- It is wholly unsurprising that in the macho world of sports that an item like this would gain attention and approbation.
- Yet there's no widely used term of approbation for the other kind of reporting.
- His participation in the parade implies acceptance, approval, approbation.
- There are no prizes for guessing what value he places on each: bourgeois is always a term of abuse, revolutionary almost always a term of approbation.
- Upon completion of the reference to the Master, her determination and approval, shall require approbation by this court.
- The end result is an unremarkable, unmemorable movie that deserves neither praise nor approbation.
- Imagine needing the comfort of popular approbation so badly that you would voluntarily comb through movie award nominations in search of comforting zeitgeist pellets!
- Thus he established the peasant proprietorship, and won approbation and support of the overwhelming majority of the population.
- Indeed, women's encouragement and approbation of violent acts in war have added to men's satisfaction in committing these acts.
- His ambition for approbation sets bounds and limits to his ambition, so to speak.
- Was it observation, approbation or disapproval?
- They deserve credit, approbation, applause and salutations for this achievement.
- The approbation he received when he took off in an amazingly cool style was the loudest heard that afternoon.
- Practically, this could be difficult given security concerns and, I suspect, some fair general approbation in smaller, more conservative communities.
- There is an unmistakable note of approbation here, even admiration; unusual for the museum except where the activist agenda is involved.
- And they don't get very much approbation for it.
- However, Shakespeare's attempts to locate himself within a literary tradition were not always met with such approbation.
Synonyms approval, acceptance, assent, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, support, respect, admiration, commendation, congratulations
OriginLate Middle English: via Old French from Latin approbatio(n-), from the verb approbare (see approbate). |