proclamation
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ləˈmeɪ
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Proclamation
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So is propaganda. Does it mean:
| something that originates or results from something else; outcome; issue. |
| information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. |
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proclaim (prəˈkleɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (may take a clause as object) to announce publicly |
| 2. | (may take a clause as object) to show or indicate plainly |
| 3. | to praise or extol |
| [C14: from Latin prōclāmāre to shout aloud] | |
| pro'claimer | |
| —n | |
| proclamation | |
| —n | |
| proclamatory | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
Aside from that inane proclamation, the article is pretty accurate for much of the rest of the world.
There would seem to be no stronger proclamation of the veracity of a concept than that it is a theory.
The rest of his property he exposed to sale by daily proclamation, but nobody came to buy.
And yet, there is not one shred of evidence that was presented to support that proclamation.
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