animadversion
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animadversion
- /ˌænɪmædˈvɜːʒən/ UK
- /ˌænɪmædˈvɝːʒən / US
- /ˌænɪmædˈvɝːʃən/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French animadversion and its etymon Latin animadversiō (“observation, criticism”), from animadvertō (“to pay attention”), from animus (“mind”) + advertō (“to turn to”).
noun animadversions
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A criticism, a critical remark.
[A] misconstruction or misinterpretation, nay, the misplacing of a comma, was in Gifford's eyes a crime worthy of the most severe animadversion.
Similar: criticization, critique, stricture, animadversion, criticism, dressing-down, handbagging, slam
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The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
He was deceived; for justice hath also knowledge and animadversion over such as gather stubble (as the common saying is) or looke about for grape-seed.
Similar: animadversiveness
Translations
Every language
noun criticism, a critical remark
| Español | reprobación, animadversión |
|---|---|
| Português | animadversão |
| Français | reprobation, critique, blâme |
| Italiano | animavversione |
| Русский | кри́тика krítika, неодобре́ние neodobrénije, осужде́ние osuždénije, порица́ние poricánije |
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