universal condemnation

collocation in English

meaningsofuniversalandcondemnation

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universal
adjective
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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condemnation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.dəmˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.dəmˈneɪ.ʃən/
the act of condemning something ...
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(Definition ofuniversalandcondemnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But in thisuniversalcondemnationshe had at least one admirer.
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On the contrary, there has been an almostuniversalcondemnationthat it was too little and almost too late.
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It is nonsense to suggest that there has beenuniversalcondemnationof the legalised system.
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I am not making a crude anduniversalcondemnation.
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I have reviewed my conclusions having regard to theuniversalcondemnationand loathing since expressed.
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The dramatic media coverage brought swift anduniversalcondemnationfrom all parties here.
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Those proposals met withuniversalcondemnationand were thrown out.
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The only point of agreement between all the speakers has been theuniversalcondemnationof cruelty.
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It was the one subject of discussion and it met withuniversalcondemnation.
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There has beenuniversalcondemnationof straw burning as being a nuisance to a large number of people.
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There isuniversalcondemnationof those who would chain peacekeepers like animals and hold them against their will.
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I do not join in theuniversalcondemnationof publicly-owned industry.
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There wasuniversalcondemnationof the decision over which he presided.
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We have heard almostuniversalcondemnationof violence and appropriate expressions of grief and sensitivity.
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There wasuniversalcondemnationof the principle of imprisoning asylum seekers and a plea for a more understanding approach.
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I do not share fully theuniversalcondemnationthat has arisen about quantitative qualifications.
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He knows that there has been almostuniversalcondemnationof the proposals by those that have been asked to enforce them.
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Indeed, almost all of us must have been warmed by the nearuniversalcondemnationfrom the international community.
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That is a breach of human rights which deservesuniversalcondemnation.
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I would take this opportunity of saying that it would be wrong if this led to a belief that we on our part had auniversalcondemnationof hire-purchase.
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