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as in prohibition
the act of ordering that something not be done or used
the proscription against bicycles and skateboards is intended to make the plaza a more pedestrian-friendly place
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as in ban
an order that something not be done or used
a strongly worded proscription against smoking indoors
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Recent Examples of proscription
Rasoulof shifts his tale into a cautionary proscription that is artful and mythic.
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Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Politics, the war, and Putin are off-limits, while less obvious proscriptions draw a grim picture of the dictatorship: no emojis, no foreign words, and no literary references are allowed.
—Francesca Mastruzzo (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 14 Jan. 2024
Under Elizabethan feudalism this notion was unthinkable if only because none but the royal had the alternatives of seemingly absolute choice, the liberties of the masses being hedged about by all sorts of rigid proscriptions.
—Andrew Aoyama, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
Washington also secured buy-in for a proscription against the use of force to alter international boundaries, helping lock in place a status quo that has benefited the United States.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
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Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Politics, the war, and Putin are off-limits, while less obvious proscriptions draw a grim picture of the dictatorship: no emojis, no foreign words, and no literary references are allowed.
—Francesca Mastruzzo (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 14 Jan. 2024
Under Elizabethan feudalism this notion was unthinkable if only because none but the royal had the alternatives of seemingly absolute choice, the liberties of the masses being hedged about by all sorts of rigid proscriptions.
—Andrew Aoyama, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
Washington also secured buy-in for a proscription against the use of force to alter international boundaries, helping lock in place a status quo that has benefited the United States.
—Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proscription
Noun
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The divided panel also said West Virginia’s prohibition violated the Medicaid Act and the Affordable Care Act.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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The agreement involves provisions on territorial integrity and a prohibition of hostilities as well as the disengagement, disarmament and conditional integration of non-state armed groups.—
Chinedu Asadu,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Similar success has been seen with bans on unhealthy food advertising on London's transport network.—
David Vetter,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Republicans sold the noncitizen voting ban as a defense of DC citizens’ rights.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
1 July 2025
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“Proscription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proscription. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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