Imposition
noun
The act of forcing something on someone.
The imposition of new rules was strongly opposed by the students.
Often appears as...
- imposition of rules
- imposition of fines
noun
Something that is not convenient or is troublesome.
I hope my visit isn't an imposition.
Often appears as...
- feel like an imposition
- become an imposition
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Disapproving
noun
A tax or duty that must be paid.
The government is considering the imposition of a tax on luxury goods.
Often appears as...
- imposition of tax
- imposition of duty
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Formal
noun
A penalty or punishment given by a person in authority.
The judge supported the imposition of the maximum sentence.
Often appears as...
- imposition of sentence
- imposition of penalty
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Formal
noun
The act of forcing something on someone.
The imposition of new rules was strongly opposed by the students.
Often appears as...
- imposition of rules
- imposition of fines
noun
Something that is not convenient or is troublesome.
I hope my visit isn't an imposition.
Often appears as...
- feel like an imposition
- become an imposition
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A tax or duty that must be paid.
The government is considering the imposition of a tax on luxury goods.
Often appears as...
- imposition of tax
- imposition of duty
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A penalty or punishment given by a person in authority.
The judge supported the imposition of the maximum sentence.
Often appears as...
- imposition of sentence
- imposition of penalty
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Mandatory Nature
Imposition usually signifies a lack of choice in accepting a new rule or idea.
Employees felt the imposition of the dress code restricted their freedom.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Involved
When something is imposed, it's done by someone in power, like a government or organization.
The imposition of the lockdown orders came directly from the government.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word often carries a negative feeling, implying forced or unwelcome decisions.
Residents complained about the imposition of parking fees in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Mandatory Nature
Imposition usually signifies a lack of choice in accepting a new rule or idea.
Employees felt the imposition of the dress code restricted their freedom.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Involved
When something is imposed, it's done by someone in power, like a government or organization.
The imposition of the lockdown orders came directly from the government.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word often carries a negative feeling, implying forced or unwelcome decisions.
Residents complained about the imposition of parking fees in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Mandatory Nature
Imposition usually signifies a lack of choice in accepting a new rule or idea.
Employees felt the imposition of the dress code restricted their freedom.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Involved
When something is imposed, it's done by someone in power, like a government or organization.
The imposition of the lockdown orders came directly from the government.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
The word often carries a negative feeling, implying forced or unwelcome decisions.
Residents complained about the imposition of parking fees in the area.
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Our dangerous obsession...
And the third is other-oriented perfectionism, the imposition of unrealistic standards on other "If I ask somebody to do something, I expect it to be done perfectly." Now, research shows that all three elements of perfectionism associate with compromised mental health, including things like heightened depression, heightened anxiety and suicide ideation.
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David Birch: A new way...
So the kid -- she was a kid! -- what she should have said is, "My lawyer will be calling you first thing in the morning. It's an outrageous imposition on my Fourth Amendment right to privacy. You'll be sued for all the money you've got!" That's what she should have said. But she's a kid, so she hands over the password. The teacher can't log in,
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A queer vision of love...
and set in place with my birthstones. The gift of queerness is options. I never had to choose his last name, it was never an exception, but I did because I am my father's bastard child, someone who has always been an apology, a secret, an imposition. And it was incredibly freeing
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Arresting Jesus PIPE...
the imposition of Roman law affected everyone's life here in the first century the Romans divided their soldiers into legions which were groups of six thousand men they had 30 legions but they were scattered throughout the empire there were only about 500 Roman
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Ashraf Ghani: How to fix...
as to how to put together a legal economy. The poverty of our knowledge must become the first basis of moving forward, and not imposition of the framework that works on the basis of mathematical modeling, for which I have enormous respect.
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The art of choosing -...
in order to live we interpret what we see select the most workable of the multiple choices we live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images by the idea with which we learn to freeze the shifting
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The gender-fluid history...
I think it's important to keep in mind that the prevailing notions of man and woman as static genders anchored strictly on biological sex are social constructs. In my people's case, this social construct is an imposition.
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
in order to live. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images,
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Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
it'll be you two there that I can see it yeah excellent very good oops back this imposition flying coming back so behind that Villita that is the very fast Den but
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The Latin America that...
contradictory translation of a voluntary imposition he invited the citizens of burrata to pay an extra ten percent from its legal tax obligations to support a
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Our dangerous obsession...
And the third is other-oriented perfectionism, the imposition of unrealistic standards on other "If I ask somebody to do something, I expect it to be done perfectly." Now, research shows that all three elements of perfectionism associate with compromised mental health, including things like heightened depression, heightened anxiety and suicide ideation.
Video examples
David Birch: A new way...
So the kid -- she was a kid! -- what she should have said is, "My lawyer will be calling you first thing in the morning. It's an outrageous imposition on my Fourth Amendment right to privacy. You'll be sued for all the money you've got!" That's what she should have said. But she's a kid, so she hands over the password. The teacher can't log in,
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A queer vision of love...
and set in place with my birthstones. The gift of queerness is options. I never had to choose his last name, it was never an exception, but I did because I am my father's bastard child, someone who has always been an apology, a secret, an imposition. And it was incredibly freeing
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Arresting Jesus PIPE...
the imposition of Roman law affected everyone's life here in the first century the Romans divided their soldiers into legions which were groups of six thousand men they had 30 legions but they were scattered throughout the empire there were only about 500 Roman
Video examples
Ashraf Ghani: How to fix...
as to how to put together a legal economy. The poverty of our knowledge must become the first basis of moving forward, and not imposition of the framework that works on the basis of mathematical modeling, for which I have enormous respect.
Video examples
The art of choosing -...
in order to live we interpret what we see select the most workable of the multiple choices we live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images by the idea with which we learn to freeze the shifting
Video examples
The gender-fluid history...
I think it's important to keep in mind that the prevailing notions of man and woman as static genders anchored strictly on biological sex are social constructs. In my people's case, this social construct is an imposition.
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: The art...
in order to live. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images,
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Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
it'll be you two there that I can see it yeah excellent very good oops back this imposition flying coming back so behind that Villita that is the very fast Den but
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The Latin America that...
contradictory translation of a voluntary imposition he invited the citizens of burrata to pay an extra ten percent from its legal tax obligations to support a
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Munira Mirza
British Public Servant
To challenge the dominance of identity politics, we need to champion an alternative universalist approach. This wouldn't mean bland similarity, with everybody talking and looking the same. Instead, it would help us challenge the imposition of formal, ethnic categories and allow us to develop richer differences based on character and interests.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the late Fifties and early Sixties, opposition to state terror and aggression and torture and so on was zero. That was a horrible time: the massive Kennedy terror operation against Cuba, the first attacks on Vietnam in 1962, the imposition of national security states in South America.
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Aaron Swartz
American Businessman
I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
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Elizabeth Wurtzel
American Writer
Convention serves a purpose: It gives life meaning, and without it, one is in a constant existential crisis. If you don't have the imposition of family to remind you of what is at stake, something else will.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
There is a tendency in all of us to ask for better statistical performance. There is a tendency to impose quotas behind which usually lies imposition of pressure to achieve improved statistics.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can be written by anybody, including dictators.
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Nguyen Phu Trong
Vietnamese Politician
We must choose dialogue over confrontation, and peaceful settlement of disputes over unilateral acts of imposition.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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Nestor Kirchner
Argentinian Statesman
An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.
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Golda Meir
Israeli Leader
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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Munira Mirza
British Public Servant
To challenge the dominance of identity politics, we need to champion an alternative universalist approach. This wouldn't mean bland similarity, with everybody talking and looking the same. Instead, it would help us challenge the imposition of formal, ethnic categories and allow us to develop richer differences based on character and interests.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the late Fifties and early Sixties, opposition to state terror and aggression and torture and so on was zero. That was a horrible time: the massive Kennedy terror operation against Cuba, the first attacks on Vietnam in 1962, the imposition of national security states in South America.
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Aaron Swartz
American Businessman
I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
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Elizabeth Wurtzel
American Writer
Convention serves a purpose: It gives life meaning, and without it, one is in a constant existential crisis. If you don't have the imposition of family to remind you of what is at stake, something else will.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
There is a tendency in all of us to ask for better statistical performance. There is a tendency to impose quotas behind which usually lies imposition of pressure to achieve improved statistics.
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian Dramatist
There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can be written by anybody, including dictators.
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Nguyen Phu Trong
Vietnamese Politician
We must choose dialogue over confrontation, and peaceful settlement of disputes over unilateral acts of imposition.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
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Nestor Kirchner
Argentinian Statesman
An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.
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Golda Meir
Israeli Leader
Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
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