disapprobation
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Although we can and should ascribe different levels of responsibility to people based on how senior they were and how involved their work was, none of them should escape the public’s moral disapprobation.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2020
Appropriation of Hinduism, quantum physics and all else is disapprobation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2020
Hated in the Nation is Black Mirror’s excursion into public shame: it takes a series of targets who have brought disapprobation upon themselves.
From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2016
Gail O’Neill, a journalist and former model, said that for some, Ms. Keys has become a Rorschach test, and the disapprobation for the singer’s personal choice comes from women who are measuring themselves against it.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2016
“You must know that though I should be exceedingly grieved at their disapprobation, I could not hesitate.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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