Definition of "espousing" []

• Present participle of espouse. (verb)

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• "There is a particularly misogynist school of romance critique which we are not interested in espousing; no, Maggie Stiefvater is not a great prose stylist, but neither is Tom Clancy, and we have yet to read a book review elaborating on what silly and addlepated creatures men are for their biological yearnings toward homoerotic narratives of exploding submarines and menacing Russians."
• "Indeed, in espousing the idea of a "big society", at least David Cameron and some people around him have implicitly admitted their party has a deficit on this account."
• "So, when we begin espousing disconnected policy and wonkish legislative goals we have no common ground for hanging our hat."