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disapproval

noun
/dɪsəˈpɹuvəl/US/dɪsəˈpɹuːvəɫ/UK

Etymology

From dis- + approval.

  1. derived from approbō
  2. derived from aprover
  3. inherited from aproven
  4. suffixed as approval — “approve + al”
  5. prefixed as disapproval — “dis + approval”

Definitions

  1. The act of disapproving

    The act of disapproving; condemnation.

    • Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disapproval. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at disapproval. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at disapproval

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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