ultimatum
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ultimatum (ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -tums, -ta | |
| 1. | a final communication by a party, esp a government, setting forth conditions on which it insists, as during negotiations on some topic |
| 2. | any final or peremptory demand, offer, or proposal |
| [C18: from New Latin, neuter of ultimatus | |
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Ultimatum
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
ultimatum
1731, from Mod.L., from M.L. adj. ultimatum "last possible, final," from L. ultimatum, neut. of ultimatus (see ultimate). Hamilton and others use the L. plural ultimata. In slang c.1820s, ultimatum was used for "the buttocks."
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ultimatum [(ul-tuh-may-tuhm)]A formal message delivered from one government to another threatening war if the receiving government fails to comply with conditions set forth in the message. For example, after the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914, the government of Austria sent an ultimatum to Serbia, which Austria held responsible for the assassination.
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Example sentences
Ideally this ultimatum alone would suffice to prompt the government to release its prisoners.
They know because of the ultimatum game, the outcome of which is often the rejection of free money.
He was given an ultimatum and he made his choice for war.
The favoured tools for exploring seemingly odd behaviours are called public-goods experiments and ultimatum games.
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