edict
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈiːdɪkt/
- Formal
:
edicto
- However, the population's reluctance to comply with its edicts is a sign of its diminished legitimacy.
- issued edicts
- religious edict
- edict or decree
Because you would have far fewer police enforcing nonsensical edicts from sociopathic politicians.
- Because you would have far fewer police enforcing nonsensical edicts from sociopathic politicians.
- I don't think they'll comply with Trump policies second term or a Trump Supreme Court edict.
- So when you got that edict from your doctor, how did you translate that into action?
- Google, Facebook, you know, every bank on Wall Street has one of these departments and they issue edicts that require racial bean counting in in hiring.
- You don't need forcible government edict, top down edict to bring about even at best that will not be a socialism worth having.
- The public health despises you, right, that they want you to be outside of society unless you abide by their by their, their, their, their edicts.
- Well, if if Trump just gives an edict, cut it arbitrarily and you know by some radical amount, it will be dangerous and it will be detrimental.
- And this is what happened in response to the edict of of prices.
- And so I've always tried to stick with that edict.
- I mean, the core neurology of that is base human instincts that and, and, and a set of edicts to control those base human.
Examples
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Ten years later, the Local Government Edict redefined the role of the chiefs.
Academic text (1993) -
The government's new edict mandated that all citizens wear masks in public places during the pandemic.
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Will you exercise the final edict?
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So when you got that edict from your doctor, how did you translate that into action?
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The second edict, Your Majesty.
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Facing severe international pressure, the Taliban recently issued an edict banning drug production.
Academic text (2001) -
Governments could make announcements, declare edicts, and proclaim policies by posting or circulating printed sheets.
Academic text (1990) -
State legislatures throughout the country provided legislative edicts regulating all persons in American society who had traceable African parentage.
Academic text (1994) -
After much deliberation, the king issued an edict that transformed the legal system of the kingdom.
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The teacher's edict on homework deadlines was clear: all assignments must be submitted by Friday.
Synonyms
∞
3.0
An instruction from someone in power that must be followed
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5.3
An official paper that tells a person or group to do something
141
6.7
An important rule given by a religious or moral leader
128
6.1
An official instruction from a government or organization
92
6.7
An official rule made by a local government
80
5.7
An official written order from a court or government that must be followed
59
5.5
An official public announcement by a government or leader that tells people something important
34
8.5
An official order that a government or person in power gives
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7.2
A statement that a person in power announces to the public
6
7.7
A clear order that someone in charge gives, like a teacher or parent
1
9.4
A strict order given by people in power without asking others
1
4.8
An order given by a person in authority
1
8.4
An official order from an emperor or ruler that people must follow
1
9.9
An official written order or reply from an authority like a court
A formal official order given by a church or court
A formal order from an official used in law or religion
A public notice from authorities announcing a rule
An official rule made by a ruler or council
How Authoritative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Edict comes from the Latin word dicere meaning 'to say', and you can see the same root in dictate and dictionary. An edict was originally a 'said' command from someone in power, so it now means an official order.