pro·scrip·tion (pr -skr p sh n)n. 1. The act of proscribing; prohibition. 2. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry. [Middle English proscripcion, from Latin pr scr pti, prscrptin-, public notice of outlawry, from prscrptus, past participle of prscrbere, to proscribe; see proscribe.]pro·scrip tive adj.pro·scrip tive·ly adv. |
proscription [prəʊˈskrɪpʃən]
n
1. the act of proscribing or the state of being proscribed
2. denunciation, prohibition, or exclusion
3. outlawry or ostracism
[from Latin prōscriptiō; see proscribe]
proscriptive adj
proscriptively adv
proscriptiveness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  proscription - a decree that prohibits something decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" banning-order - an order that bans something cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction - (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order" interdict, interdiction - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity |
| 2. | proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone rejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection" anathematisation, anathematization - the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed disbarment - the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law expulsion, riddance, ejection, exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" deportation, expatriation, exile, transportation - the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life" excommunication, excision - the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society relegation - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia" rustication - banishment into the country |
proscription
noun
1. prohibition, ban, damning, dooming, boycott, embargo, rejection, condemnation, censure, denunciation, interdict the proscription of all customs not conforming to religious law
2. banishment, exile, exclusion, expulsion, deportation, eviction, ejection, ostracism, excommunication, expatriation, attainder (archaic), outlawry her proscription by the party's leaders
Translations
proscription [prəʊˈskrɪpʃən] n (= prohibition) → interdiction f
the proscription of sth → l'interdiction de qch
the proscription against sth → l'interdiction de qch
the proscription of sth → l'interdiction de qch
the proscription against sth → l'interdiction de qch
proscription
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