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Definition of Disapproval
1. Noun. A feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing.
2. Noun. The expression of disapproval.
Specialized synonyms: Condemnation, Disapprobation, Criticism, Unfavorable Judgment, Discouragement
Antonyms: Approval
3. Noun. An inclination to withhold approval from some person or group.
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Inclination, Tendency
Specialized synonyms: Doghouse, Reprobation
4. Noun. The act of disapproving or condemning.
Specialized synonyms: Disparagement, Dispraise, Condemnation, Branding, Stigmatisation, Stigmatization
Antonyms: Approval
Derivative terms: Disapprove
Definition of Disapproval
1. n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
Definition of Disapproval
1. Noun. The act of disapproving, an expression of condemnation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disapproval
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disapproval
Literary usage of Disapproval
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illicit Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking by America's High School Students by Lloyd D. Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald G. Bachman (1993)
"Even regular marijuana use is disapproved by 89%, and regular use of each of the
other illicits receives disapproval from between 95% and 98% of today's ..."
2. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1854)
"Moral emotions, or emotions of moral approval and disapproval, occupy a place,
... If the emotions of approval and disapproval, which are the basis of the ..."
3. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"These emotions are of two kinds : disapproval, or indignation, and approval.
They have in common characteristics which make them moral emotions, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Upon Final disapproval, Another Election Requisite, Referee Not to Appoint.—But
if creditors do not carry up the order of disapproval or if, ..."
5. Elements of Mental Philosophy Enbracing the Two Departments of the Intellect by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1841)
"no feelings of moral obligation without antecedent emotions of approval and
disapproval. Accordingly, if we are said in any given case to be under ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"True It Is that the legislative assembly may adjourn leaving bills In the hands
of the Governor for his disapproval within five days after adjournment ..."
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