disapprobation's Usage Examples:

He caused his chief minister Fagel to write a letter expressing his disapprobation of the religious policy of James, which was published in November 1687.

I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation;.

I never heard my daughter express any disapprobation at being married.

When man has advanced so far as to be sensitive to the opinions of his fellow-men, their approbation and disapprobation reinforce the influence of natural selection.

In a perfect legal system, says Beccaria, pardons should be excluded, for the clemency of the prince seems a tacit disapprobation of the laws (Dei Delitti e delle gene, ch.

The magisterial views seem to have prevailed in the professoriate, which formally in March 1642 expressed its disapprobation of the new philosophy as well as of its expositors.

If Oscar did not actively assist the Opposition on this occasion, his disapprobation of his father's despotic behaviour was notorious, though he avoided an actual rupture.

When ethical speculation first begins, conceptions such as those of duty, responsibility, the will as the ultimate subject of moral approbation and disapprobation, are already in existence and already operative.

Now if in opposition to such arguments the ultimate character of moral obligation be defended, it will be necessary to point out that no one feels moral sentiments except in connexion with particular objects of moral approbation or disapprobation (e.

Synonyms:

demonisation, disapproval, condemnation, censure, animadversion, demonization,

Antonyms:

acquittal, acceptance, praise, approbation, approval,