admiration
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Synonyms
account, appreciation, esteem, estimation, favor, regard, respect
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Fueled by mutual admiration for each other's work, a friendship was sparked. — Alia Akkam, House Beautiful, "You Need to See How a Sad 1920s House Was Restored to a Colorful, Pattern-Filled Home," 29 Aug. 2019 Several key characters end up in Nazi concentration camps or in the Gulag; the novel’s juxtaposition of the German and Soviet systems brought Grossman admiration in the West, where he was cast as a visionary anti-totalitarian. — Sophie Pinkham, The New Republic, "Vasily Grossman’s Lost Epic," 27 Aug. 2019 Cheung, 62, is effusive in his admiration for the youth activists. — Matt Bradley, NBC News, "As Hong Kong protests turn violent, one man fights to preserve middle ground," 24 Aug. 2019 In antiquity up through the Renaissance, fame was the name given to humankind's admiration for individuals who enlighten, entertain, and advance it. — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, "The Elusive Price—and Prize—of Fame on the Internet," 20 Aug. 2019 View Sample Sign Up Now Our work was not looked upon with universal admiration. — Brittany Packnett, Time, "How Ferguson Woke Us Up," 8 Aug. 2019 After 12 years, Farley speaks ofhis former employer with admiration. — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, "A man who can build a car by hand leads Ford into future; 'He’s just never afraid'," 19 June 2019 In their admiration for Egyptian gods, the Ptolemaic dynasty (established by Alexander the Great’s general Ptolemy in 305 B.C.) created hybrid Greco-Egyptian gods such as Serapis. — National Geographic, "Ancient Egypt gave rise to one of the world's oldest Christian faiths," 19 Apr. 2019 Doug Coe, the purported leader of the Fellowship, had long expressed admiration for the ways in which leaders engendered loyalty through brotherhood, citing Hitler, Mao, and the Mafia as inspiration. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Patriarchal Allure of The Family," 14 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'admiration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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