pronunciamento
Americannoun
plural
pronunciamentosnoun
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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
NBC's pronunciamento beat ABC to the verdict by seconds, CBS by 15 minutes.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Allied Generalissimo Gamelin in his last pronunciamento before being relieved: "The British Air Force, like the French, is fighting to the last man."
From Time Magazine Archive
Every other Johnsonian swagger, pronunciamento and claim is held up to the light for flaws and cracks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The oppositional pronunciamento of the German bourgeoisie may be dated from 1840, from the death of the late King of Prussia, the last surviving founder of the Holy Alliance of 1815.
From Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 by Marx, Karl
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