different between notability vs acclamation

English

Etymology

note +? -ability

Noun

notability (countable and uncountable, plural notabilities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being notable or eminent.
2. (countable) A notable or eminent person or thing.
3. Locally eminent people; the bourgeoisie or upper middle class
   • 2002 Jonathan B. Knudsen, Justus Möser and the German Enlightenment p.54 ?ISBN

     Just as the notability lived in its own social universe between the common citizenry and the aristocracy, so too did its intellectual universe express this complex mediation.

   • 2014 Keith David Watenpaugh, Being Modern in the Middle East: Revolution, Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Arab Middle Class p.104 (Princeton University Press) ?ISBN

     Such petitions were part of the role of the notability as understood at the time; a manifestation of their social hegemony was the obligation to speak for or represent the local community to the imperial center.

Translations

Anagrams

• bitonality

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1541.
• Borrowed from Latin accl?m?ti?, accl?m?ti?nis (“calling, exclamation, shout of approval”), from acclamo (“shout approval or disapproval of, shout out at”), from ad (“toward”) + clamo (“cry out”)
• Compare French acclamation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.l?.?me?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Homophone: acclimation

Noun

acclamation (countable and uncountable, plural acclamations)

1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
   • 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order, Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., p. 100, Article IX, Section 46, note,^[1]

     Sometimes a member nominates a chairman and no vote is taken, the assembly signifying their approval by acclamation.

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children.

2. The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates.

   With no one running against her, she won by acclamation.

3. (art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
   • 1826, James Elmes, A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts

     The medals on which laudatory acclamations are recorded are called by antiquaries acclamation medals.

4. (politics) An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:applause

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accl?m?ti?, accl?m?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kla.ma.sj??/

Noun

acclamation f (plural acclamations)

1. acclamation

Related terms

• acclamer

Further reading

• “acclamation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).