Antonin Scalia

What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become Justices of this Court that enables them to discern that a practice which the text of the Constitution does not clearly proscribe, and which our people have regarded as constitutional for 200 years, is in fact unconstitutional?

American Judge

Charles Murray

The feminist revolution has tied writers into knots when it comes to the third-person singular pronoun. Using the masculine pronoun as the default has been proscribed. Some male writers get around this problem by defaulting to the feminine singular pronoun, which I think is icky.

American Scientist

Pankaj Mishra

Though there are laws against blasphemy and insult to religion in many European countries, France has institutionalised its anti-clerical past by proscribing religion from public life.

Indian Novelist

The word 'proscribe' is often used in official, legal, or political contexts to refer to banning actions.

Legal Context

'Proscribe' implies a complete and authoritative ban, usually enacted by someone in power.

Absolute Ban

'Proscribe' conveys a serious prohibition with potential consequences if defied.

Seriousness

'Proscribe' is used in contexts where something poses a health or safety risk.

Health and Safety

While similar, 'proscribe' means to officially condemn, and not just to disapprove or dislike something.

Not Disapproval

'Proscribe' often indicates a protective action to prevent harm, not just a restriction for control's sake.

Protective Action

 The third woman, who actually was a so-called sex worker did not agree that it was liberating but she wanted the right to the economic empowerment, and then we hear the fourth woman saying not only prostitution itself but proscribed roles for women in general prevented her from ever finding who she was, right?

Proscribe

Legal Context

Absolute Ban

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