as in disapproval
refusal to accept as right or desirable
there was widespread disapprobation of the plan to combine the two school districts
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Recent Examples of disapprobation
In a 2018 episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld and Mulaney go rug shopping, supposedly at Tendler’s instruction, and Seinfeld’s disapprobation at being sent on an errand by someone’s wife cuts through the segment.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
Consumers express their opinions with their wallets, and disapprobation on social media.
—Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
His felony conviction drew much of the disapprobation of anti-D’Souza readers, several of whom pointed out the current firestorm between the Scott administration and courts that have found Florida’s clemency process is confusing and arbitrary.
—Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 May 2018
And maybe, too, for its perhaps-accidental prescience. The thing is, there are no real scandals on Scandal; the word implies a public reaction of disgust and disapprobation.
—Daniel D'addario, Time, 19 Apr. 2018
Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families’ disapprobation or outright hostility.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2017
Gail O’Neill, a journalist and former model, said that for some, Ms. Keys has become a Rorschach test, and the disapprobation for the singer’s personal choice comes from women who are measuring themselves against it.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2016
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
Consumers express their opinions with their wallets, and disapprobation on social media.
—Benjamin Voyer, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
His felony conviction drew much of the disapprobation of anti-D’Souza readers, several of whom pointed out the current firestorm between the Scott administration and courts that have found Florida’s clemency process is confusing and arbitrary.
—Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 May 2018
And maybe, too, for its perhaps-accidental prescience. The thing is, there are no real scandals on Scandal; the word implies a public reaction of disgust and disapprobation.
—Daniel D'addario, Time, 19 Apr. 2018
Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families’ disapprobation or outright hostility.
—Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2017
Gail O’Neill, a journalist and former model, said that for some, Ms. Keys has become a Rorschach test, and the disapprobation for the singer’s personal choice comes from women who are measuring themselves against it.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2016
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“Disapprobation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disapprobation. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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