proscription

English

Etymology

From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, /pɹoʊˈskɹɪp.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪpʃən
• Hyphenation: pro‧scrip‧tion

Noun

proscription (countable and uncountable, plural proscriptions)

1. A prohibition.
2. (history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
   • 1837, Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, Tacitus' Annals, book 1:

     He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]

3. The act of proscribing, or its result.
4. A decree or law that prohibits.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with prescription

Related terms

• proscribe
• proscriptive
• proscriptively

Translations

a prohibition

• Bulgarian: забрана (bg) f (zabrana)
• Finnish: kielto (fi)
• Italian: proibizione (it) f, divieto (it) m, abolizione (it) f, proscrizione (it) f

act of proscribing

• Finnish: kieltäminen (fi)
• Italian: proscrizione (it) f, proscritto (it), esiliato (it) m, deportato (it) m

French

Etymology

From Latin prōscrīptiōnem, from prōscrībere (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

proscription f (plural proscriptions)

1. (history) Condemnation made against political opponents, especially the Roman antiquity and during the French Revolution
2. banishment of a person or group
3. Proscription (2)

Related terms

• proscrire
• proscripteur

Further reading

• “proscription”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.