approbation
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, ə-ˈprō-bə- \
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms for approbation
Synonyms
approval, blessing, favor, imprimatur, OK (or okay)
Antonyms
disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor
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But Levinson bested Waters through middle-class approbation, not through talent. — Armond White, National Review, "The Baltimore Culture Wars: A History," 31 July 2019 Within a rhetoric of universal approbation, every writer turns craven; all talent withers. — Hermione Hoby, The New Yorker, "What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer?," 3 July 2019 However, his talent soon garnered him the approbation of his peers. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, "“Balenciaga and Spanish Painting” Opens at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid," 21 June 2019 As Churchland admits, a system based on the glow of social approbation and affection versus the shame and pain of their inverse is vulnerable to all kinds of abuse. — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, "New Books," 10 June 2019 His comedy, by its very nature, doesn’t find, or even seek, universal approbation. — Soumya Rao, Quartz India, "Russell Peters on stereotypes, politics, and religion in his comedy," 3 June 2019 Unexpectedly, for a modern American political debate, Kasky didn’t look pleased at this show of public approbation. — Eve Fairbanks, The New Republic, "Buying In: How the Language of the Market Has Warped American Politics," 9 Mar. 2018 While overall support remains strong for these space vehicles, delays in their development may have begun to break the almost uniform congressional approbation for these exploration programs. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Some in Congress start to question ongoing SLS rocket delays," 9 Nov. 2017 But the right to speak is not the right to public approbation. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "Kaepernick’s Collusion Claim Is a Likely Loser," 18 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'approbation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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