Used in a Sentence

avowed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for avowed.

Editorial note

What if the team lead is a reproductive rights activist who doesn't like Elia's avowed anti-abortion stance?

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

openly acknowledged

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of avowed gathered in one view.

adjective

openly acknowledged

adjective

positively stated

adjective

asserted under oath, or vow

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for avowed.

Example sentences

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What if the team lead is a reproductive rights activist who doesn't like Elia's avowed anti-abortion stance?

2

DJB's avowed goal is to put the security industry out of work by not having bugs through rigorous practices.

3

It's a book written by an avowed defender of capitalism, worried about its excesses in the age of slowing growth.

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And ekjp is out doing interviews with avowed feminists and talking about safe spaces?

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Booting out Moldbug makes sense as long as we boot out any avowed communists or Marxists as well.

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I mean, if Yarvin were an avowed Stalinist, I hope we'd have the same arguments being made, which don't have much to do with his particular heterodoxy.

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What percentage of avowed Objectivists do you figure are liars, then?

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Ubuntu's avowed mission is to bring Linux to the Masses.

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As an avowed Libertarian, libertarian, and fan of Ayn Rand (but not a self-identified Objectivist), even I think this is off-topic here.

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This avowed rationalist speaks with the language of religious fundamentalistism.

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I can't imagine what useful thing they could accomplish with 100 million, given that the bottleneck for their avowed program is Friendliness theory.

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I'm an avowed Sony hater, but I'm liking mine.

Quote examples

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It can also mean "not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed".

2

Care to correct me, and explain why you think he's an "avowed defender of capitalism"?

3

Sorry; I read "avowed" as a deliberate slur.

4

Nothing in Chomsky’s account acknowledges the difference between intending to kill a child, because of the effect you hope to produce on its parents (we call this “terrorism”), and inadvertently killing a child in an attempt to capture or kill an avowed child murderer (we call this “collateral damage”).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use avowed in a sentence?

What if the team lead is a reproductive rights activist who doesn't like Elia's avowed anti-abortion stance?

What does avowed mean?

openly acknowledged

What part of speech is avowed?

avowed is commonly used as adjective.