cri de coeur

noun

plural cris de coeur ˌkrē-də-ˈkər How to pronounce cri de coeur (audio)
: a passionate outcry (as of appeal or protest)

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In a recent cri de coeur, Megan Fritts, a philosophy professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, detailed how her own institution has not articulated clear, campus-wide guidance on AI use. Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025 Even establishment news channels, generally averse to displaying the humanity of individual Palestinians, could not resist this cri de coeur of an innocent in peril. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025 Signed by 150 winemakers and members of the wine trade, the cri de coeur called for Spain’s wine regions to recognize a classification system that took the quality of individual villages and vineyard sites into account—like that of Burgundy’s. Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2025 Conceived as a cri de coeur against the then-rising wave of fascism sweeping across Europe, it was rejected by the organizers and never built. Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cri de coeur

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, cry from the heart

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cri de coeur was in 1897

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“Cri de coeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cri%20de%20coeur. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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