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English
Etymology
From dis- + approval.
Pronunciation
Noun
disapproval (countable and uncountable, plural disapprovals)
- The act of disapproving; condemnation.
Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.
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Further reading
- “disapproval”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “disapproval”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “disapproval”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.