denouncement

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /dɪˈnaʊnsmənt/ UK /dɪˈnaʊnsmənt/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a public condemnation or denunciation

His denouncement of the regime cost him his citizenship.

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1 noun · a public condemnation or... condemnation denunciation censure castigation reproof accusation

Opposites

praise commendation endorsement approval

Word family

Related forms denounce denunciation denunciatory

Etymology

Formed from the verb denounce plus the suffix -ment; denounce is from Old French denoncier, from Latin denuntiare ('to announce, proclaim'), from de- (intensive) plus nuntiare ('to report'), from nuntius ('messenger').

denuntiare Latin nuntius Latin

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# denouncement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** dɪˈnaʊnsmənt
**IPA (UK):** dɪˈnaʊnsmənt

## Meanings
1. a public condemnation or denunciation

## Examples
- His denouncement of the regime cost him his citizenship.

## Synonyms
- condemnation
- denunciation
- censure
- castigation
- reproof
- accusation

## Antonyms
- praise
- commendation
- endorsement
- approval

## Related Forms
- denounce
- denunciation
- denunciatory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: denuntiare
- Root: nuntius

## Etymology
Formed from the verb denounce plus the suffix -ment; denounce is from Old French denoncier, from Latin denuntiare ('to announce, proclaim'), from de- (intensive) plus nuntiare ('to report'), from nuntius ('messenger').

## AI Etymology
Denouncement has the etymological history Formed from the verb denounce plus the suffix -ment; denounce is from Old French denoncier, from Latin denuntiare ('to announce, proclaim'), from de- (intensive) plus nuntiare ('to report'), from nuntius ('messenger'). The ancestry passes through Latin denuntiare and Latin nuntius. The prefix de- often marks removal, reversal, or downward motion in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as a noun, it means "a public condemnation or denunciation", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include denounce, denunciation, and denunciatory.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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