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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
NBC's pronunciamento beat ABC to the verdict by seconds, CBS by 15 minutes.*
From Time Magazine Archive
El Morocco banned Bogart "for life" in a pronunciamento delivered in tones as sepulchral as if he were being sentenced to the electric chair.
From Time Magazine Archive
West German President Gustav Heinemann officially initiated the games with the prescribed 14-word pronunciamento: "I declare open the Olympic Games celebrating the XX Olympiad of the modern era."
From Time Magazine Archive
During this most exquisite pronunciamento of Divine favor Eugene was sitting with his eyes closed, his thoughts wandering over all his recent ills.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
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