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opprobrium

[uh-proh-bree-uhm]

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noun

the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.

a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin: reproach, equivalent to op- op- + probr(um) infamy, disgrace + -ium -ium

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opprobrium (əˈprəʊbrɪəm)

—n
1.	the state of being abused or scornfully criticized
2.	reproach or censure
3.	a cause of disgrace or ignominy

[C17: from Latin ob- against + probrum a shameful act]

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opprobrium

1680s, from L. opprobrium "disgrace, infamy," from opprobare (see opprobrious).

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"There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier's sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb."

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