proscription
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English
Etymology
From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, /pɹoʊˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪpʃən
- Hyphenation: pro‧scrip‧tion
Noun
proscription (countable and uncountable, plural proscriptions)
- A prohibition.
- (history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
- 1837, Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, Tacitus' Annals, book 1:
- He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]
- The act of proscribing, or its result.
- A decree or law that prohibits.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with prescription
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Translations
a prohibition
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act of proscribing
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French
Etymology
From Latin prōscrīptiōnem, from prōscrībere (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībere.
Pronunciation
Noun
proscription f (plural proscriptions)
- (history) Condemnation made against political opponents, especially the Roman antiquity and during the French Revolution
- banishment of a person or group
- Proscription (2)
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Further reading
- “proscription”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.