1. Strong criticism. 2. A critical or censorious remark: “entertained serious animadversions concerning the U.S.S.R. and its behavior on the international scene” (Adam B. Ulam, Foreign Affairs Fall 1985).
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin animadversi, animadversin-, from animadversus, past participle of animadvertere, to turn the mind toward. See animadvert.
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