remonstration

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌrɛmənˈstreɪʃən/ UK /ˌrɛmənˈstreɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a forceful protest or objection

His remonstration against the ruling went unheeded.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a forceful protest or... protest objection remonstrance expostulation complaint demur

Opposites

approval assent

Word family

Related forms remonstrate remonstrance

Etymology

From remonstrate + -ion, from Medieval Latin remonstrare ('to demonstrate, protest'), from re- ('again') + monstrare ('to show').

remonstrare Latin monstrare Latin

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# remonstration

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

## Meanings
1. a forceful protest or objection

## Examples
- His remonstration against the ruling went unheeded.

## Synonyms
- protest
- objection
- remonstrance
- expostulation
- complaint
- demur

## Antonyms
- approval
- assent

## Related Forms
- remonstrate
- remonstrance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: remonstrare
- Root: monstrare

## Etymology
From remonstrate + -ion, from Medieval Latin remonstrare ('to demonstrate, protest'), from re- ('again') + monstrare ('to show').

## AI Etymology
Remonstration comes from remonstrate + -ion, from Medieval Latin remonstrare ('to demonstrate, protest'), from re- ('again') + monstrare ('to show'). The historical chain includes Latin remonstrare and Latin monstrare. The quoted older senses, "to demonstrate, protest", "again", and "to show", supply the semantic anchors for remonstration. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word remonstration carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a forceful protest or objection". Related English forms include remonstrate and remonstrance. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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