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BNC: 21883 COCA: 21968

— vehemence

/ˈviːjəməns/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 21883 COCA: 21968

vehemence

noun

ve·​he·​mence ˈvē-ə-mən(t)s How to pronounce vehemence (audio)
: the quality or state of being vehement : intensity

Example Sentences

the vehemence in her voice when she insisted that she never gossiped surprised me every cause that she pursues is pursued with great vehemence
Recent Examples on the Web The trio was pilloried with a vehemence that suggested the group had committed multiple acts of treason. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2022 But on this occasion, the Viano Quartet, charismatically led by Hao Zhou on first violin, attacked the music with such coiled intensity and unchecked vehemence that one stopped listening for influences and just hung on for the thrill of the ride. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022 Lawmakers returned from their districts after those shootings saying constituents were demanding congressional action, a vehemence many felt could not be ignored. Alan Fram, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2022 His performances were of an unprecedented vehemence. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2022 No one can grant permission for this kind of reconciliation grounded in personal experience or legislate its effect, thus explaining the vehemence of Hickey’s anti-institutionalism. Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books, 8 June 2022 The vehemence of the opposition to the clinic has come as a shock to Chris Viens, 49, one of three board members who has supported the idea. New York Times, 5 June 2022 The vehemence and endurance of the protest movement seems to suggest that gaslighting is no longer working. Washington Post, 10 May 2022 Amid such turmoil, the sheer vehemence of Aida’s compassion, without the slightest bit of grandstanding, raises the character to heroic heights. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English vemance, vehemens, borrowed from Middle French vehemence, borrowed from Latin vehementia "violent movement, intensity," from vehement-, vehemens "violent, vehement" + -ia -ia entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of vehemence was in the 15th century
BNC: 21883 COCA: 21968

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