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What does opprobrium mean?

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Noun
  1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
  2. Scornful reproach or contempt.
  3. A cause of shame or disgrace.
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If a politician has been subject to public opprobrium they are legitimate targets for a media hate campaign.
If all of us punish the new usage with ridicule and opprobrium, maybe we can reverse this loss to language.
But before they heap even more opprobrium on the oilman from Texas, scientists should take the time to put their own house in order.
I have been heaped with some opprobrium by opponents of the project, and the issue has created deep divisions within the town.
Isabelle is Bertolucci's confused coquette, the question mark drowning in repressed opprobrium.
Terzani eventually earned the Chinese government's opprobrium and was expelled in 1984 for counter-revolutionary activities.

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