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vehemence

[vee-uh-muhns]

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noun

the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.

vigorous impetuosity; fury: the vehemence of his attack.

Also, ve·he·men·cy.

Origin:
1520–30; < Latin vehementia; see vehement, -ence

Related forms

o·ver·ve·he·mence, noun

Synonyms
1. eagerness, verve, zeal, enthusiasm, fervency. 2. passion.

Antonyms
1, 2. apathy.

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But even in these brief periods, parliamentarians staked out their positions and defended them with vehemence.

His sure-fire vote winner was a blazing anti-Turkish vehemence.

Perhaps that explains the vehemence of the opposition to it.

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But even in these brief periods, parliamentarians staked out their positions and defended them with vehemence.

His sure-fire vote winner was a blazing anti-Turkish vehemence.

Perhaps that explains the vehemence of the opposition to it.

Russia's television commentary was filled with vehemence.

Tom reacts with a startling and unexpected vehemence.

The unchanging vehemence of official diatribes suggests no governmental wish to be either more or less friendly.

Their vehemence has prompted some trend-conscious shoppers to embrace vegan wares, if not vegan values.

But doubts about the financial system have resurfaced with vehemence.

The vehemence of the crackdown has provoked consternation among some members of the public.

Dancers should avoid confusing mere vehemence with communicating something clearly.

But those are not deterministic, in spite of the vehemence which determinists display in arguing that point.

Both sides were appalled by the degree of vehemence in the rhetoric that was being said in each section against the other.

The only thing that this debate underlines is the vehemence with which some people deny the concept of a changing world.

Bissell danced with such vehemence that, at certain.

The vehemence of the crackdown has provoked consternation among some.

Rosen's lunging vehemence can have an unsettling effect on the listener.

The vehemence in these e-mail messages made me wonder why so many people were furious at those who had more than they did.

It will be with more vehemence in this case because of greater enmity.

And lately, debates over food choices have flared with particular vehemence.

The only ridiculous part is the vehemence with which the french officials have commented on the event.

Grace has always cast herself as the pit bull champion of the victim, with a vehemence that sometimes victimizes the victim.

Orlowsky's vehemence on the subject is not surprising.

And with the intensity he gave it, the undine-mermaid myth gained new vehemence.

The question of elderspeak and the vehemence of disagreement over it gets at one of the vexing issues of aging:.

Its male characters subscribe to the double standard with a vehemence that invites derision.

Authors have been taken aback by some of the vehemence of the reader protests.

Jennings brings an exaggerated comic vehemence to the part of the surly husband.

Neal, said they were struck by the vehemence of opposition to the tax in their districts.

He did so with a vehemence that reached far beyond the health warnings of his physicians.

Reinert say they are surprised at the vehemence of the objections.

Sondheim's views were surprised by the vehemence with which he expressed them.

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World English Dictionary

vehement (ˈviːɪmənt)

—*adj*
1.	marked by intensity of feeling or conviction; emphatic
2.	(of actions, gestures, etc) characterized by great energy, vigour, or force; furious

[C15: from Latin vehemēns ardent; related to vehere to carry]

'vehemence

—n

'vehemently

—*adv*

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