proscription
noun
pro·scrip·tion
prō-ˈskrip-shən 
1
: the act of proscribing : the state of being proscribed
2
: an imposed restraint or restriction : prohibition
proscriptively
adverb
Examples of proscription in a Sentence
the proscription against bicycles and skateboards is intended to make the plaza a more pedestrian-friendly place
a strongly worded proscription against smoking indoors
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The essence of the Lost Cause was that the Civil War was not lost and could yet be won by new forms of racial proscription; for white supremacists, the Jim Crow era of disfranchisement, segregation, and one-party Democratic rule in the South was that promise vindicated.
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Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Rasoulof shifts his tale into a cautionary proscription that is artful and mythic.
—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
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Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Rasoulof shifts his tale into a cautionary proscription that is artful and mythic.
—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
See All Example Sentences for proscription
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“Proscription.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proscription. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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proscription
noun
pro·scrip·tion
prō-ˈskrip-shən
1
: the act of proscribing : the state of being proscribed
Legal Definition
proscription
noun
pro·scrip·tion
prō-ˈskrip-shən
1
: the act of proscribing : the state of being proscribed
2
: an imposed restraint or restriction
proscriptively
adverb
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