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IMPRIMATUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formal and explicit approval
Example:
a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
Synonyms:
countenance; endorsement; imprimatur; indorsement; sanction; warrant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("imprimatur" is a kind of...):
approval; commendation (a message expressing a favorable opinion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imprimatur"):
O.K.; OK; okay; okeh; okey (an endorsement)
visa (an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it)
nihil obstat (the phrase used by the official censor of the Roman Catholic Church to say that a publication has been examined and contains nothing offensive to the church)
