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Definition of "pronouncement" []

  • A formal expression of opinion; a judgment. (noun)
  • An authoritative statement. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pronouncement" in a sentence
  • "If this pronouncement is taken seriously, then almost all gun control legislation is constitutionally fine …."
  • "It seems to me that the only way you could make that pronouncement is if you did see some very visible arm-twisting out there on behalf of the White House."
  • "But that pronouncement is not shared by all Christians."