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cause celebre

cause celebre is the alternative spelling of cause célèbre.

Meaning of cause célèbre

Noun

cause célèbre (plural causes célèbres)

  1. (UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.
    • Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.2021 February 15, Jack Nicas, “Parler, a Social Network That Attracted Trump Fans, Returns Online”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2021

Forms of cause celebre

pluralcause celebres

Questions about cause celebre

What is cause celebre the alternative spelling of?
Cause celebre is the alternative spelling of cause célèbre.

Words near cause celebre in the dictionary

  1. Causby
  2. Causbys
  3. cause
  4. cause a stir
  5. cause and effect
  6. cause celebre
  7. cause célèbre
  8. cause of action
  9. cause of death
  10. caused
  11. caused a stir

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