How do you use Imprimatur in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like sanction or countenance, plus the exact meaning.
Imprimatur meaning
- An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
- Any mark of official approval.
Synonyms of Imprimatur
Using Imprimatur
- The main meaning on this page is: An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies. | Any mark of official approval.
- Useful related words include: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement.
- In the example corpus, imprimatur often appears in combinations such as: imprimatur of, imprimatur on, imprimatur to.
Context around Imprimatur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Imprimatur
- In this selection, "imprimatur" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, official, legislative and moral stand out and add context to how "imprimatur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a constitutional imprimatur to the and a judicial imprimatur for indisputably. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "imprimatur" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with imprimatur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Condon’s imprimatur on a story is unmistakable. (8 words)
So, his imprimatur I think has led to Glasgow artists taking me seriously. (13 words)
The effect was to provide Kerr with Buckingham Palace’s imprimatur for the dismissal. (14 words)
Among qualified immunity’s most pernicious effects is the way it appears to provide a judicial imprimatur for indisputably wrongful conduct, like bringing the full weight of one’s body to bear on the neck of a prone and helpless human being. (42 words)
Critics of LIV Golf are equal parts horrified and mystified that the league’s funder, Saudi Arabia, is using the imprimatur of sport sponsorship to hose down and spring clean – ‘sportswash’ - its deplorable human rights record. (36 words)
After defeating the Soviet Union, the victorious US went about putting its imprimatur on its status as the sole superpower by first allowing Kuwait to be occupied and then pulverizing Iraq for its misdemeanor. (34 words)
How long should the three Abrahamic religions turn a blind eye and be mute on this American law that recognizes same-sex marriage and thus gives its imprimatur to unacceptable sexual behavior? (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
And while Sanders' executive effort lacks the broad — if — legislative imprimatur of its Floridian cousin, it is undeniably a product of the same conservative gene pool.
Arguably, El Rufai has been one of the bright lights of the Fourth Republic, whose imprimatur is to be found everywhere he has treaded.
At the World Cup last year, 10 of the 26 players on Ecuador’s squad bore Independiente’s imprimatur: They had spent some, or all, of their careers in Sangolqui.
Critics of LIV Golf are equal parts horrified and mystified that the league’s funder, Saudi Arabia, is using the imprimatur of sport sponsorship to hose down and spring clean – ‘sportswash’ - its deplorable human rights record.
How long should the three Abrahamic religions turn a blind eye and be mute on this American law that recognizes same-sex marriage and thus gives its imprimatur to unacceptable sexual behavior?
This can deter debate and set off competition for a university’s moral imprimatur, as we are seeing now.
As Decker noted, he is not a lawyer but has used that office to put an official imprimatur on these false statements.
Condon’s imprimatur on a story is unmistakable.
So, his imprimatur I think has led to Glasgow artists taking me seriously.
Thirdly, the exercise of presidential power to issue a constitutional order abrogating Article 370 was validated, providing a constitutional imprimatur to the transformative step taken by the Union.
After defeating the Soviet Union, the victorious US went about putting its imprimatur on its status as the sole superpower by first allowing Kuwait to be occupied and then pulverizing Iraq for its misdemeanor.
Among qualified immunity’s most pernicious effects is the way it appears to provide a judicial imprimatur for indisputably wrongful conduct, like bringing the full weight of one’s body to bear on the neck of a prone and helpless human being.
But in the United States, hydroxychloroquine does not have nearly the official imprimatur that it does in parts of Latin America.
The effect was to provide Kerr with Buckingham Palace’s imprimatur for the dismissal.
The Oscars can bestow a mighty significance, and their imprimatur has long influenced the films that are greenlit and the filmmakers trusted to tell stories.
For as often as the Globes add their imprimatur to an already presumed Oscar front-runner, this show can still have upsets.
His Speakership spoke as if his own imprimatur was the highest accolade anyone could receive.
Rather than denying the central charge against him—abuse of Presidential power—Trump is now embracing it, giving it his public imprimatur.
She will amplify these messages, and those Adidas has already pushed, by giving the company her imprimatur.
His imprimatur is stamped on every card vote and each frontbench speech; it is as disciplined as in the old New Labour pager-control days.
Common combinations with imprimatur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- imprimatur of 4×
- imprimatur on 4×
- imprimatur to 3×
- imprimatur is 2×
- the imprimatur 2×
- its imprimatur 2×
- official imprimatur 2×
- his imprimatur 2×
- imprimatur for 2×
- imprimatur that 2×