Synonyms for proscription
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Condemnation — decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity
condemnation, denunciation, censure, anathema, conviction, judgment US, judgement UK, attaintment dated
2. Prohibition
3. Forbidding — A prohibition
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A prohibition.
- n. 2
Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
- n. 3
The act of proscribing, or its result.
Related words
- Word family
- proscribe
Forms
- Plural
- proscriptions → condemnations, denunciations, censures, anathemas…
Example sentences
- conviction An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
- condemnation His remarks added up to a condemnation of my plan.
- anathema No sentence on Tatoeba contains the word "anathema".
- denunciation The world must unite in the denunciation of colonial practices.
- ban Saudi Arabia will remove the ban on women driving.
- prohibition Drugs are vilified for the problems of prohibition.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| proscription | falling | |
| conviction | falling | |
| condemnation | falling | |
| anathema | rising | |
| denunciation | steady | |
| ban | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ban1
- 5 letters
- exile2, taboo2
- 7 letters
- censure2
- 8 letters
- judgment2, sanction2, anathema4, forebode2
- 9 letters
- judgement2, exclusion3
- 10 letters
- conviction3, forbidding3, banishment3
- 11 letters
- prohibition4, attaintment
- 12 letters
- condemnation4, denunciation5, interdiction4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exile2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- proscription
- Italiano
- proscrizione
- Deutsch
- Verfemung