Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word imprimateur.
Examples
-
Donald Trump and George Will don't have much in common save the fact that both are selling peculiarly dangerous forms of snake oil and are doing so with the imprimateur of The Washington Post.
Eric Alterman: Think Again: The Washington Post, Trumped Eric Alterman 2011
-
Donald Trump and George Will don't have much in common save the fact that both are selling peculiarly dangerous forms of snake oil and are doing so with the imprimateur of The Washington Post.
Eric Alterman: Think Again: The Washington Post, Trumped Eric Alterman 2011
-
Note that this is from nearly 20 years ago, during the First Bush administration, and the formal reports, with imprimateur of a Republican administration made clear that Global Warming/Climate Change was/is real, that it had serious risks, and merited actions.
-
Heinz, owners of Worcester and HP Sauce, also has the coveted imprimateur.
Archive 2009-07-05 Bill Crider 2009
-
Meanwhile Iraqis opposed to a US occupation (i.e., the vast majority of Iraqis) will still feel occupied, and the fact that the troop presence will have the imprimateur of the Iraqi government will do more to discredit that government than to legitimate the presence.
-
The appointment would NOT have given official imprimateur to the idea that waterboarding is a gray area with regards to torture (it is NOT a gray area) and would NOT have setup a situation where all other countries are now free to declare waterboarding NOT illegal and NOT torture.
-
Heinz, owners of Worcester and HP Sauce, also has the coveted imprimateur.
Hot Stuff Bill Crider 2009
-
They both want to put their imprimateur on a book/books.
Giving the pig a happy ending Roger Sutton 2006
-
By taking a proactive stance, the Fair Use Project hopes to give creators legal imprimateur for their creations.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Stanford Center for Internet and Society job opportunity 2006
-
Where once the availability felt more like it was chosen by the distributor, the selection now carries Mr. Sanborn's imprimateur.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
vanishedone commented on the word imprimateur
One who gives his imprimatur for the love of it.
April 12, 2009
bilby commented on the word imprimateur
A premonition of Fakeur. 3 months ago!
July 25, 2009