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proponency

proponency noun: advocacy.

Noun

proponency (uncountable)

  1. (US) Advocacy.
    • The chairman of the committee will be very glad to give you the opportunity to express your views, whether of proponency or opponency.1935, “letter”, in Department of science, art and literature: Hearings before the Committee on Patents, page 112

Origin of proponency

From proponent + -cy.

Questions about proponency

What does proponency mean?
Proponency means advocacy.
What part of speech is proponency?
Proponency is a noun.

Words near proponency in the dictionary

  1. propolypeptides
  2. propoma
  3. propone
  4. proponed
  5. proponement
  6. proponency
  7. proponent
  8. proponents
  9. proponer
  10. proponers
  11. propones

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