animadversion
- noun
- /ˌænɪmædˈvɜrʒən/
- Formal
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animadversión
- Native American Indian literatures have been pressed into cultural categories, transmuted by reductionism, animadversions, and the hyper-realities of neocolonial consumerism.
Examples
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Comical repetition of the claims about "useful and luciferous processes" appears in Henry Stubbe, A Specimen of Some Animadversions upon a Book Entitled, Plus Ultra (London, 1670)
Academic text (2016) -
- At first I thought it might incur my animadversion.
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Until we are all prepared to articulate, defend, and teach such a conception, casting animadversions on schools of education will continue to represent something more akin to hubris than to wisdom.
Academic text (2001) -
No mere papal animadversion; the letter squeezed the issue into the novel category of definitive, non-infallible teaching and used the language of "confirming the brethren" so as to rub up against infallibility without actually invoking it.
Academic text (1994) -
The politician faced intense animadversion from the public after his controversial remarks.
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Her animadversion on the new policy was clearly heard in the public meeting.
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After the report was released, there was a surge of animadversion from environmental groups.
Synonyms
141
7.4
A formal statement expressing strong disapproval of someone
45
3.0
A feeling that shows you do not agree with someone or what they do
6
7.3
Saying negative things about yourself to make praise seem less important
1
9.5
A strong moral disapproval from other people
Strong criticism of someone's actions
Antonyms
How Critical
56
5.5
- Formal
141
7.4
- Formal
22
6.8
512
3.0
8
6.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
animadversion = animadvert (opaque) = animadvert + ion
Although formed by regular nominalization from the verb 'animadvert', both the verb and the noun are rare learned borrowings and the orthographic t→s change makes the relation nonobvious to average learners.
Etymology
Animadversion comes from Latin parts anim- meaning 'mind' (the same root as in animate) and ad-vertere meaning 'turn toward'. It originally meant 'turn your mind to something' and then 'notice and criticize', so animadversion now means a strong or public criticism.