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approbatory

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And I had always thought of 'muckraker' as a derogatory term, though it seems it must have started out, at least, as an approbatory term for the positive development of muckraking out of yellow journalism(?).

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Tending to approve or confirm

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adjective

Tending to approve or confirm

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And I had always thought of 'muckraker' as a derogatory term, though it seems it must have started out, at least, as an approbatory term for the positive development of muckraking out of yellow journalism(?).

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How do you use approbatory in a sentence?

And I had always thought of 'muckraker' as a derogatory term, though it seems it must have started out, at least, as an approbatory term for the positive development of muckraking out of yellow journalism(?).

What does approbatory mean?

Tending to approve or confirm

What part of speech is approbatory?

approbatory is commonly used as adjective.