animadversion

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French animadversion and its etymon Latin animadversiō (“observation, criticism”), from animadvertō (“to pay attention”), from animus (“mind”) + advertō (“to turn to”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌænɪmædˈvɜːʒən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌænɪmædˈvɝːʒən /, /ˌænɪmædˈvɝːʃən/ === Noun === animadversion (countable and uncountable, plural animadversions) (countable) A criticism, a critical remark. Synonyms: criticization, critique, stricture; see also Thesaurus:critique 1895, Elias Lyman Magoon, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, p. 357: (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being animadversive. Synonym: animadversiveness 1830, Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message to Congress: ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === From Latin animadversiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ni.mad.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === animadversion f (plural animadversions) animadversion (all senses) === Further reading === “animadversion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012