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denunciation

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Editorial note

It's a denunciation of crowd funding. It should be a wake up call.

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a public act of denouncing

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noun

a public act of denouncing

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for denunciation.

Example sentences

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It's a denunciation of crowd funding. It should be a wake up call.

2

No, my denunciation is based on the entire concept. It makes a very small problem marginally easier to deal with.

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Because I don't, I don't think that denunciation is right way to support justice ... but I'd like the post to go to the front page, the see HN comments about it!

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Why does the reverence of indie and/or simple gaming have to come with the denunciation of grand, orchestral-scored games with long storyline cutscenes? Each has their place, each has their intended target.

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However, the answer is more likely a balance than a denunciation of all surveillance in any form. Surveillance with restriction is fine and probably a good thing.

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It's quite another for someone to lead off with a shouty denunciation as if that person's opinion is the only one that matters and has no need of explanation. Step back from the swearing and look at the context in which it cropped up.

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It would be totally better if we did a ritualistic denunciation of sexism every thursday at 8pm.

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The conservatives are fools" is a fairly unambiguous denunciation of that tribe. Regardless of whether you feel he favors one over the other, he clearly rejects both.

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\nPlease show me the denunciation and demonization in NYT or WP articles regarding MH17. It's also rather different since the culpable party owned up to the tragedy rather than trying to blame the other party.

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Yes, notice in the first article the copious justification and lack of denunciation or demonization. Completely different from MH17.

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Of a book on Maoist China: In most accounts, the distress caused by endless indoctrination, public denunciation, and self-criticism was worse than physical torture. Physical pain still allows the victim to retreat into himself.

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The military immediately issued a firm denunciation of his actions, saying it put the operation at risk; Rivera was nearly expelled from Iraq. Two days later, he announced that he would be reporting on the Iraq conflict from Kuwait."

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But as it stands, the handwaving about "manipulation" and breathless denunciation of an advertising company for being data-driven is pretty weak. You can yell "unethical" as loud as you please and brand people taking the opposite view as "fanboys", but it's not at all convincing.

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Or on hearing of a denunciation of witchcraft against her, she might seek flight or remain; if she ran, that proved her guilt; if she remained, the devil had detained her so she could not get away. [1] If you argue that an obvious bug is evidence of NSA involvement, then you must also believe a subtle bug would be evidence against NSA involvement.

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I also wasn't trying to suggest that we shouldn't denounce dangerous ideas, in fact such denunciation is one of the primary mechanisms which prevents bad ideas from garnering enough support to make a difference in elections. Rather, I was trying to say that censorship is not the proper way to marginilize dangerous ideas.

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I read the grand-parent as a note that "denunciation" is overly narrow because it can also be praise that is overly weighted, overly generalized, or misapplied entirely - a claim you seem to agree with. It's "not negative" in the way that "positive feedback" is "not negative" - which says nothing about the consequences.

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They seem prepared to double down on this concept though - I think this is the only explanation possible of their arrogance in the face of widespread denunciation from almost every corner of the traditional linux community, including typically scathing flames from Linus. The Gnome people seem to feed on this negativity, like it's validation of their plans."

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How do you use denunciation in a sentence?

It's a denunciation of crowd funding. It should be a wake up call.

What does denunciation mean?

a public act of denouncing

What part of speech is denunciation?

denunciation is commonly used as noun.