PROMULGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does promulgation mean? 

• PROMULGATION (noun)
  The noun PROMULGATION has 3 senses:

1. a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen

2. the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect

3. the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice

  Familiarity information: PROMULGATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROMULGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

announcement; promulgation

Context example:

the promulgation was written in English

Hypernyms ("promulgation" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "promulgation"):

advisory (an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat)

banns (a public announcement of a proposed marriage)

handout; press release; release (an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation)

notice (an announcement containing information about an event)

program; programme (an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event)

wanted notice; wanted poster (a public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some person)

Instance hyponyms:

Annunciation ((Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ)

Derivation:

promulgate (state or announce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("promulgation" is a kind of...):

announcement; annunciation; declaration; proclamation (a formal public statement)

Derivation:

promulgate (put a law into effect by formal declaration)

promulgate (state or announce)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

proclamation; promulgation

Context example:

his promulgation of the policy proved to be premature

Hypernyms ("promulgation" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Derivation:

promulgate (put a law into effect by formal declaration)

promulgate (state or announce)