an unfavorable or censorious comment: to make animadversions on someone's conduct.
2.
the act of criticizing.
Origin: 1590–1600; < L animadversiōn- (s. of animadversiō) a heeding, censure, equiv. to animadvers(us) (ptp. of animadvertere to heed, censure; see animadvert) + -iōn--ion
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