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The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

Meaning of "usurpatory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF USURPATORY

usurpatory  [juːˈzɜːpətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF USURPATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Usurpatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH USURPATORY


culpatory
ˈkʌlpətərɪ
defamatory
dɪˈfæmətərɪ
dietary
ˈdaɪətərɪ
discriminatory
dɪˈskrɪmɪnətərɪ
emancipatory
ɪˈmænsɪpətərɪ
exculpatory
eksˈkʌlpətərɪ
explanatory
ɪkˈsplænətərɪ
exploratory
ɪkˈsplɒrətərɪ
extirpatory
eksˈtɜːpətərɪ
inculpatory
ɪnˈkʌlpətərɪ
inflammatory
ɪnˈflæmətərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
mancipatory
ˈmænsɪpətərɪ
mandatory
ˈmændətərɪ
observatory
əbˈzɜːvətərɪ
palpatory
ˈpælpətərɪ
preparatory
prɪˈpærətərɪ
raspatory
ˈrɑːspətərɪ
repertory
ˈrɛpətərɪ
respiratory
ˈrɛspərətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE USURPATORY

usufruct
usufructuary
Usumbura
usure
usurer
usuress
usuries
usurious
usuriously
usuriousness
usurous
usurp
usurpation
usurpative
usurpature
usurpedly
usurper
usurping
usurpingly
usury

WORDS THAT END LIKE USURPATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
celebratory
circulatory
compensatory
conservatory
derogatory
directory
lavatory
migratory
modulatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
purgatory
regulatory
research laboratory
self-explanatory
separatory
signatory
vibratory

Synonyms and antonyms of usurpatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «usurpatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF USURPATORY

Find out the translation of usurpatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of usurpatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «usurpatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

usurpatory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

usurpatoria
570 millions of speakers

English

usurpatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

usurpatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

usurpatory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

usurpatory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

usurpador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

usurpatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

usurpatoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Usurpasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

usurpatorisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

usurpatory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

usurpatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Usurpatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

usurpatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

usurpatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Usurpatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

usurpatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

usurpatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samozwańcze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

usurpatory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uzurpare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

usurpatory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

usurpatory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

usurpatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

usurpatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of usurpatory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «USURPATORY»

The term «usurpatory» is used very little and occupies the 189.053 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «USURPATORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about usurpatory

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QUOTES WITH «USURPATORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word usurpatory.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «USURPATORY»

Discover the use of usurpatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to usurpatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Truth and Existence: A Philosophical Inquiry
Perhaps, indeed, truth is not only worthless and useless but also meaningless. Perhaps, that is, truth not only lacks intrinsic value (it is worthless) and extrinsic value (it is useless), but is a mere usurpatory notion, which adds nothing when it is ...
Michael Gelven, 2010
2
Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: ...
[Haszczynski]: Was there any specific date set during your Moscow talks for the 14th Army's withdrawal from the usurpatory Cis-Dniester Republic? [Botnaru]: Moldova's position is that the Russian Army should withdraw by 1 July of this year .
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Paige Sullivan, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), 1997
3
Language and Symbolic Power
A whole series of symbolic effects that are exercised every day in politics rest on this sort of usurpatory ventriloquism, which consists in giving voice to those in whose name one is authorized to speak. It happens very rarely that, when a ...
Pierre Bourdieu, John B. Thompson, 1991
4
Believing in Russia: Religious Policy After Communism
The Bolsheviks came to power through illegal, illegitimate and usurpatory means, and their successors, having failed to expose and reject this untruth, bear this illegality and illegitimacy to the present day.99 Many in ROCOR were heartened  ...
Geraldine Fagan, 2013
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Postsocialist Pathways: Transforming Politics and Property ...
Based on its purely transcendental justification, the party-state was accountable only to the future. Usurpatory delegation was not about interests but about will. And in the pursuit of the general will, the primitive accumulation of political capital  ...
David Stark, Laszlo Bruszt, 1998
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Kant and the Meaning of Religion: The Critical Philosophy ...
as rules for action 22–23, 33–34, 192n21 usurpatory (empty) 16, 18, 28–29, 49– 50, 157, 158, 159, 215n9 concepts, spatial theory of 18–27 and analytic/synthetic distinction 24–27, 46–48, 168–69, 187, 196–97n19, 218n39 and a priori/a ...
Terry F. Godlove, 2014
7
Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal ...
Comment: Freed (1986) describes “opportunistic bigamy” and “usurpatory bigamy.” bipolar mating system n. A mating system that involves two genders, either of gametes alone or both individual organisms and gametes (Bell 1982, 503). cf.
Edward M. Barrows, 2011
8
The Genesis of Modernity
9 See also the frequent use of the term 'usurpation', associated with various parts of Europe, e.g. as 'usurpatory innovations' (ES: 1251); as 'revolutionary usurpation' in Italy (ibid.: 1253); as 'usurpatory coniuratio' related to the cities of ...
Arpad Szakolczai, 2013
9
Beyond Westminster & Whitehall
Further sources of support for the education system in resisting the cuts lie in usurpatory strategies and in its capacity either to mobilize its clients or to draw upon their protests. Teaching is a semi-profession, an archetypal example of the  ...
R. A. Rhodes, 2002
10
Wordsworth and Coleridge: Promising Losses
In the ascent ofSnowdon Wordsworth suppresses his own foundational but usurpatory voice by displacing it to an image of voice, as Hartman demonstrates, but the displacement is itself a stance ofwaiting, a speaking of voice toward a greater ...
Peter Larkin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «USURPATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term usurpatory is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lives and times of Muslim socialists
... that the British Government was “usurpatory”, therefore, accepting such employment was “against his principles.”Some others such as Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi, ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»
2
Oxford Brookes University Academic speaks on Radio about 'The …
... Practice, Architecture: 'Resigned Accommodation' and 'Usurpatory Practice' (Stead ed.) as well as her co-authored paper “The Apparel of Architecture: Dress, ... «Asian Correspondent, Jun 15»
3
Conrad Black: Of that OSC ruling…
... like rag dolls, launched yet another large lawsuit against us, on top of those of the SEC, Breeden et al., and the usurpatory regime at the Canadian Hollinger. «National Post, Mar 15»
4
Why Secularism Is Compatible with the Quran and Sunnah -- And an …
The Shiites, Khawarij and Mu'tazila viewed the Umayyad as corrupt, usurpatory, and apostate. As Duncan Black McDonald states in his book, Development of ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
5
Movie Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
... around by Toby Kebbell), whose monicker—"Koba" is what the Bolsheviks used to call Stalin, history buffs—is a dead giveaway to his usurpatory ambitions. «GQ Magazine, Jul 14»
6
Sahara and the Super Cops
Sebi's uphill struggle against Sahara underlines why it has been difficult for institutionalists to defend regulatory regimes from the usurpatory and activist ... «Indian Express, Mar 14»
7
Congressional Rules Remembered and Forgotten
For three days, demagogic Democrats and aghast editors pronounced Reed's ruling “usurpatory, revolutionary and corrupt.” The man himself, they stuck with a ... «New York Times, Dec 13»
8
Could President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi be a president without …
Despite President Hadi's power of persuasion South Yemen very much perceives Sana'a central government as the invading power, the usurpatory entity. «Yemen Post, Oct 13»
9
Ethiopia: Liberating a "Prison Nation"
In Ethiopia, the powers of the national “government” are vast and unlimited; and there are no barriers to its usurpatory powers which it exercises at will. There are ... «Nazret.com, Apr 13»
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Nearly half a billion connected devices in US homes
Other usurpatory devices include gaming consoles, Blu-ray Disc players and Internet-connected TVs. The report, based on surveys with 4,000 US consumers in ... «IPTV News, Jan 13»

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