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   animadversion

   /ˌanɪmadˈvəːʃn/

   noun

   • 1. criticism or censure: formal "her animadversion against science"
   • ▪ a comment or remark, especially a critical one: formal "animadversions that the poet receives quite humbly"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin animadversio(n-), from the verb animadvertere (see animadvert).

   Scrabble Points: 19

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