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propledge

propledge adjective: in favor of a particular pledge.

Adjective

propledge (comparative more propledge, superlative most propledge)

  1. In favor of a particular pledge.
    • It was an issue of great personal importance to young men who thought they might be drafted, and possibly killed, in a war they regarded as immoral. Janis and Rausch (1970) tested for selective exposure to propledge and antipledge communications among four different kinds of Yale students: those...1978, Jonathan L. Freedman, David O. Sears, J. Merrill Carlsmith, Social Psychology, page 363
    • Patrick not only used Facebook extensively to promote his own propledge writings, but he became quite adept at concocting framing introductions to other authors' pieces he posted there as a means of promoting the pledge.2018, Patrick Walker, Bernie or Bust: Pioneers of Electoral Revolt, page 51
    Antonyms:
    antipledge

Antonyms of propledge

Forms of propledge

comparativemore propledge
superlativemost propledge

Origin of propledge

From pro- + pledge.

Questions about propledge

What does propledge mean?
Propledge means in favor of a particular pledge.
What part of speech is propledge?
Propledge is an adjective.

Words near propledge in the dictionary

  1. proplastic
  2. proplastid
  3. proplastids
  4. proplatelet
  5. proplatelets
  6. propledge
  7. propleg
  8. proplegs
  9. propless
  10. proplet
  11. proplets

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