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[ verb ] make loud demands
Synonyms Examples "he clamored for justice and tolerance" Used in print (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide , minority parties , such_as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958 , clamor for elections when out of power , but are not at_all certain they wish_to be controlled by popular choice when in power . Related terms |
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[ verb ] utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
Synonyms Examples "The delegates clamored their disappointment" Used in print (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)When words can be used in a more fresh and primitive way so that they strike with the force of sights and sounds , when tones of sound and colors of paint and the carven shape all strike the sensibilities with an undeniable force of data in and of themselves , compelling the observer into an attitude of attention , all this imitates the way experience itself in its deepest character strikes upon the door of consciousness and clamors for entrance . Related terms |
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[ verb ] compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring
Examples "They clamored the mayor into building a new park" Related terms |
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[ noun ] loud and persistent outcry from many people
Synonyms Examples "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" Related terms |
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