opprobrium

• One refined method of opprobrium was the unprohibited sale in the main streets of Berlin of spittoons bearing the countenance of the English Colonial Minister, Mr. Chamberlain. A war with England would at that moment have been highly popular in Germany, but as the Chancellor wisely reminded the Parliament, it was the duty of the statesman to protect international relations from disturbance by intrigue or by popular demonstration. —  William of Germany
• Mr. Ellison made it very clear that while he agrees with Mr. Shepard's overall assessment of the current condition of American culture, he feels that the opprobrium is misapplied towards this movie; he thinks it's almost as if Mr. Shepard approached the movie without any willingness to give the film its due. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 06 - December 2000
• As the Supreme Court did in Lawrence v. Texas, its seminal 2003 ruling striking down sodomy laws, the Iowa court says that mere moral opprobrium or deeply held values are not enough to warrant legal sanctions or the denial of legal rights. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
• Since the required amounts are much larger than can be announced in a transparent way without excessive public opprobrium, it follows that hidden or disguised bailouts on a massive scale have to be implemented, so this "news" is no surprise, and likely just the tip of the iceberg. —  Hardware Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
• Given Israel's recent actions in Gaza that have brought upon it the world's opprobrium, I can imagine that this is the last point in time that Israel might want to revisit Durban. —  GlobalResearch.ca

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