imprimatur
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌɪmprɪˈmɑːtər/
- Formal
:
imprimatur
- In publishing his book, he proudly displayed the imprimatur that allowed him to distribute it widely.
- give its imprimatur
- confer an imprimatur
- receive the imprimatur
Nature underwrote authority, and fear was her imprimatur.
- Nature underwrote authority, and fear was her imprimatur.
- OK, what it can do, it can give a kind of imprimatur of approval to people already predisposed to act in a certain way.
Examples
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Finally, after three years of struggle, in December 1998, the Duma gave its imprimatur to the PSA framework.
Academic text (1999) -
Finally, distance learning has now received the imprimatur of leaders of American academia.
Blog text (3) -
Of course, in buying anything Catholic, you want to look for the imprimatur.
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The school should not place its imprimatur on any one view or doctrine.
Academic text (1991) -
"What is most significant is that it had the imprimatur of objective journalism when it was an advocacy piece."
Academic text (2004) -
If a country loses the bank's imprimatur, it loses aid from most Western donors too.
Academic text (1993) -
When anyone speaks on these issues without imprimatur, they are marginalized as speaking too politically.
Blog text (2) -
Two successive acts of national imprimatur demonstrate the growing acceptance of Kwanzaa.
Academic text (2001) -
Beyond that, Holocaust educators must be aware that the traditional publishers' imprimatur, which gives books a level of legitimacy, is missing from the Internet.
Academic text (2011) -
The United States has failed to deliver an unequivocal condemnation, with presidential imprimatur, of these abuses.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.6
A public statement supporting a person, product, or idea
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4.1
A written document that gives official permission or instruction
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3.8
An official paper that proves something is true or someone is qualified
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Official permission from an authority to do something
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3.9
An official stamp shows a person in charge thinks something is good
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An official sign that shows someone agrees with something
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7.8
Formal approval or support for a plan
Official approval given to a person or plan
Antonyms
How Official
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word imprimatur comes from the Latin imprimere, meaning 'to press', and is the source of English words like print and imprint. Long ago a real 'stamp' was put on books to show they could be published, so an imprimatur today is an official 'stamp' of 'approval' or 'permission' to publish.