opprobriation

opprobriation

English

Etymology

Compare opprobrium, -ation.

Noun

opprobriation (countable and uncountable, plural opprobriations)

1. (rare, literary) Scornful reproach or disapproval; opprobrium.
   • 1776, Richard-John Tetlow, An Impartial Sentimental Letter:

     but, under the present circumstances, all clamours and opprobriations against them are futile, vague, and ill-grounded.

   • 1943, Educational Leadership, volume 1, page 158:

     Not often does a course bring the opprobriation of all factions upon itself. But, in spite of this, it remained on the curriculum.

   • 1964, Hubbard Taylor Buckner, Deviant-group Organizations, page 114:

     The very words used by the Burman to name the Karen are terms of opprobriation. The Karen were variously called "wild cattle of the hills" or "wild men."