pronunciamento
Americannoun
noun
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an edict, proclamation, or manifesto, esp one issued by rebels in a Spanish-speaking country
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an authoritarian announcement
Etymology
Origin of pronunciamento
1825–35; < Spanish pronunciamiento < Latin prōnūntiā ( re ) to pronounce + -mentum -ment
Example Sentences
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The technical term for that sort of takeover is pronunciamento, Spanish for declaration.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
The official text of a pronunciamento from Charles E. Hughes: The battle of Einstein is raging on all fronts more fiercely than ever.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pronunciamento in the A.O.U. magazine Auk stripped the Baltimore oriole of its name; henceforth Icterus galbula will be known by the prosaic name "northern oriole."
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, therefore, English women schoolteachers listened nervously for a scathing male pronunciamento.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You could say every one of those things about Lincoln," was her surprising pronunciamento.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
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