Outcry
noun
A strong protest or complaint about something.
There was a public outcry when the government decided to raise taxes.
Often appears as...
- public outcry
- international outcry
noun
A loud shout or cry.
He let out an outcry of pain when he stubbed his toe.
Often appears as...
- outcry of pain
- sudden outcry
noun
A strong protest or complaint about something.
There was a public outcry when the government decided to raise taxes.
Often appears as...
- public outcry
- international outcry
noun
A loud shout or cry.
He let out an outcry of pain when he stubbed his toe.
Often appears as...
- outcry of pain
- sudden outcry
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Public Discontent
Use 'outcry' to describe a strong reaction from many people to something seen as unacceptable.
The community's outcry over the demolition of the historic park was heard at the city council meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Private
'Outcry' usually indicates a collective, public expression of disapproval, not a private complaint.
The decision to cut down the ancient forest was met with a massive public outcry.
Pro Tip 3/3Media Amplification
Reports of an 'outcry' often appear in news to highlight widespread public concern or debate.
An outcry over privacy issues dominated media headlines as the new law came into effect.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Discontent
Use 'outcry' to describe a strong reaction from many people to something seen as unacceptable.
The community's outcry over the demolition of the historic park was heard at the city council meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Private
'Outcry' usually indicates a collective, public expression of disapproval, not a private complaint.
The decision to cut down the ancient forest was met with a massive public outcry.
Pro Tip 3/3Media Amplification
Reports of an 'outcry' often appear in news to highlight widespread public concern or debate.
An outcry over privacy issues dominated media headlines as the new law came into effect.
Pro Tip 1/3Public Discontent
Use 'outcry' to describe a strong reaction from many people to something seen as unacceptable.
The community's outcry over the demolition of the historic park was heard at the city council meeting.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Private
'Outcry' usually indicates a collective, public expression of disapproval, not a private complaint.
The decision to cut down the ancient forest was met with a massive public outcry.
Pro Tip 3/3Media Amplification
Reports of an 'outcry' often appear in news to highlight widespread public concern or debate.
An outcry over privacy issues dominated media headlines as the new law came into effect.
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A Quest to Find Canada’s...
been a lion there would have been outcry across the world but because she's a coastal wolf not many people know about coastal wolves so who cares and so absolutely nothing happened and this happens far too often with wildlife we've got to find more ways to live alongside it particularly with these big
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How city mayors are...
course you know in the united states um we've been dealing with a huge outcry against systemic racism especially on now on the heels of um you know several violent and deadly attacks against the black community and it's a movement that we've seen um has really reverberated around the world
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How China is (and isn't)...
But the damage had already been done. Public outcry over air pollution galvanized China's government, perhaps in an act of self-preservation, to think big and decisively about how it could tackle the root of its air pollution and many of its other environmental its energy system.
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Is graffiti art? Or...
pillaging and destroying the city. But it wasn't until centuries later that the term vandalism was actually coined in an outcry against the defacing of art during the French Revolution. And as graffiti became increasingly associated with deliberate rebellion and provocativeness,
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Eleni Gabre-Madhin:...
which will initially start as an open outcry, because we don't think the country's ready for full electronic trading. But at the same time, we'll do something which I think no exchange in the world has ever done, which is itself to operate something like
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Ugly History: The U.S....
Following public outcry, a federal investigation, and a lawsuit, the study was finally shut down in 1972— 40 years after it began and 30 after a treatment for syphilis had been found. No evidence of any racial difference was discovered.
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Building social capital...
that so easily tugs at our emotional core it's the magical togetherness it's a group of people moving and sink in a spirited outcry of public expression as an artist and designer I'm not interested in expressing my individual
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Infiltrating the Illegal...
The public outcry over a six month prison was so great that the government effectively appealed its own victory retried him and he was sentenced to five years in prison. A massive penalty... in any country in the world.
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The urgency of...
Why don't we know these stories? Why is it that their lost lives don't generate the same amount of media attention and communal outcry as the lost lives of their fallen brothers? It's time for a change.
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How reliable is your...
even if it would help the patient, but there's nothing to stop a parent from trying this out on their overweight or obese teenager. And when I suggested this publicly, it created an outcry again.
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A Quest to Find Canada’s...
been a lion there would have been outcry across the world but because she's a coastal wolf not many people know about coastal wolves so who cares and so absolutely nothing happened and this happens far too often with wildlife we've got to find more ways to live alongside it particularly with these big
Video examples
How city mayors are...
course you know in the united states um we've been dealing with a huge outcry against systemic racism especially on now on the heels of um you know several violent and deadly attacks against the black community and it's a movement that we've seen um has really reverberated around the world
Video examples
How China is (and isn't)...
But the damage had already been done. Public outcry over air pollution galvanized China's government, perhaps in an act of self-preservation, to think big and decisively about how it could tackle the root of its air pollution and many of its other environmental its energy system.
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
pillaging and destroying the city. But it wasn't until centuries later that the term vandalism was actually coined in an outcry against the defacing of art during the French Revolution. And as graffiti became increasingly associated with deliberate rebellion and provocativeness,
Video examples
Eleni Gabre-Madhin:...
which will initially start as an open outcry, because we don't think the country's ready for full electronic trading. But at the same time, we'll do something which I think no exchange in the world has ever done, which is itself to operate something like
Video examples
Ugly History: The U.S....
Following public outcry, a federal investigation, and a lawsuit, the study was finally shut down in 1972— 40 years after it began and 30 after a treatment for syphilis had been found. No evidence of any racial difference was discovered.
Video examples
Building social capital...
that so easily tugs at our emotional core it's the magical togetherness it's a group of people moving and sink in a spirited outcry of public expression as an artist and designer I'm not interested in expressing my individual
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Infiltrating the Illegal...
The public outcry over a six month prison was so great that the government effectively appealed its own victory retried him and he was sentenced to five years in prison. A massive penalty... in any country in the world.
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The urgency of...
Why don't we know these stories? Why is it that their lost lives don't generate the same amount of media attention and communal outcry as the lost lives of their fallen brothers? It's time for a change.
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How reliable is your...
even if it would help the patient, but there's nothing to stop a parent from trying this out on their overweight or obese teenager. And when I suggested this publicly, it created an outcry again.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
American Politician
We cannot elect a president who provides no hope to the laid-off union worker, no hope for the mother of five and no hope for the researcher who might find a cure for cancer. We cannot elect a leader who is willfully ignorant to the outcry of young people who want real criminal justice reform and responsible gun safety legislation now.
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Benjamin Watson
American Athlete
I sometimes think they should have said 'Black Lives Matter Too,' because that is really what is being said. The outcry is that historically and presently, the feeling is that black lives don't matter as much as white lives because we don't see the same type of things happening to them.
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Will Self
English Author
If the government announced that it was going to allocate a vast tranche of education funding purely to the pupils at the best public schools, there would be a national outcry - and yet this is precisely what the Olympics represents in terms of sports funding.
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Hans Jonas
German Philosopher
The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish together on a wasteland of what that creation once was.
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Sarah Vowell
American Author
We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free; we don't really think through what we'll do after the initial treaty is signed, but we're still occupying. There's chaos and torture and finally an outcry.
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Robert P. McCulloch
American Businessman
All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by that evidence, not in response to public outcry.
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Jeff Lowe
American Athlete
Hunters get lost all the time. There's just an outcry against climbers because a lot of people don't understand climbers and they think they're crazy.
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Seymour Hersh
American Journalist
I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry.
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Rob Pike
Canadian Author
When Steve Jobs died last week, there was a huge outcry, and that was very moving and justified.
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John Witherspoon
American Actor
There's a real outcry out there for 'The Boondocks.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
American Politician
We cannot elect a president who provides no hope to the laid-off union worker, no hope for the mother of five and no hope for the researcher who might find a cure for cancer. We cannot elect a leader who is willfully ignorant to the outcry of young people who want real criminal justice reform and responsible gun safety legislation now.
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Benjamin Watson
American Athlete
I sometimes think they should have said 'Black Lives Matter Too,' because that is really what is being said. The outcry is that historically and presently, the feeling is that black lives don't matter as much as white lives because we don't see the same type of things happening to them.
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Will Self
English Author
If the government announced that it was going to allocate a vast tranche of education funding purely to the pupils at the best public schools, there would be a national outcry - and yet this is precisely what the Olympics represents in terms of sports funding.
Quote examples
Hans Jonas
German Philosopher
The latest revelation - from no Mount Sinai, Sermon on the Mount or Bo tree - is the outcry of mute things themselves that we must heed by curbing our powers over creation, lest we perish together on a wasteland of what that creation once was.
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Sarah Vowell
American Author
We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free; we don't really think through what we'll do after the initial treaty is signed, but we're still occupying. There's chaos and torture and finally an outcry.
Quote examples
Robert P. McCulloch
American Businessman
All decisions in the criminal justice system must be determined by the physical and scientific evidence, and the credible testimony corroborated by that evidence, not in response to public outcry.
Quote examples
Jeff Lowe
American Athlete
Hunters get lost all the time. There's just an outcry against climbers because a lot of people don't understand climbers and they think they're crazy.
Quote examples
Seymour Hersh
American Journalist
I think the moment anybody seriously tampers with the First Amendment, you're going to see an outcry.
Quote examples
Rob Pike
Canadian Author
When Steve Jobs died last week, there was a huge outcry, and that was very moving and justified.
Quote examples
John Witherspoon
American Actor
There's a real outcry out there for 'The Boondocks.
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