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proscription

noun

pro·​scrip·​tion prō-ˈskrip-shən How to pronounce proscription (audio)
1
: the act of proscribing : the state of being proscribed
2
: an imposed restraint or restriction : prohibition
proscriptive adjective
proscriptively adverb

Example Sentences

the proscription against bicycles and skateboards is intended to make the plaza a more pedestrian-friendly place a strongly worded proscription against smoking indoors
Recent Examples on the Web Rushdie, who had spent decades under proscription by Iran, was on a ventilator Friday evening after undergoing hours of surgery, according to an email from his agent, Andrew Wylie. Hurubie Meko, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 That’s to maximize choices, Norris said, rather than any proscription away from building smaller. The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 June 2022 The legal assertion that life begins at conception has implications for IVF, and pro-life groups in this country and abroad have argued for a proscription not only of embryo research but also of the freezing and disposal of embryos. Laura Beers, CNN, 27 May 2022 Such a proscription wouldn’t significantly lower domestic gasoline prices because many U.S. refiners are built to process heavier crudes different from the lighter grades extracted domestically. WSJ, 11 Apr. 2022 But the defense successfully made a technical argument that the length of the barrel on Mr. Rittenhouse’s Smith & Wesson M&P 15 put it outside the law’s proscription. New York Times, 19 Nov. 2021 Never mind that the dossier to back this most recent proscription, reportedly based on intelligence gathered by Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet, has been debunked. Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2021 Jonathan approves the proscription of Boko Haram and splinter group Ansaru as terrorist organizations. CNN, 7 Sep. 2021 Whatever its claims to intimacy or revelation, the book is really an extended tribute to the comforts of Amis’s favorite forms of armored thinking—dichotomy, taxonomy, generalization, definition, prescription, and proscription. Leo Robson, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English proscripcion, from Latin proscription-, proscriptio, from proscribere

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of proscription was in the 14th century

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