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espouse
es‧pouse/ɪˈspaʊz/ verb [TRANSITIVE] [date : 1400-1500; Language : Old French; Origin : espouser, from Latin sponsus; ⇨ spouse] formal to support an idea, belief etc, especially a political one espouse a cause/policy etc ▪ He espoused a variety of scientific, social and political causes.
—espousal noun [SINGULAR, UNCOUNTABLE]: ▪ her espousal of liberal reforms
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS NOUN cause ▪ And there was the great Lord Byron, a powerful name, a man well known to espouse the cause of freedom. ▪ Y., so eager to espouse other causes, has thus far been uncharacteristically low key and ineffective. ▪ They were believed to have sprung from the ranks of alienated youths who had espoused ultra-right-wing political causes. policy ▪ On the other hand Tsongas, another centrist sceptical of big government, espoused an industrial policy which distanced him from Clinton. ▪ Where a country espouses outward-looking policies, it may continue to behave in many important respects as though it were still domestically focused. principle ▪ A moderate conservative, Bush espouses the principles of limited government. view ▪ The allegation is dangerous and insulting to Morrissey, especially when you consider that he has never publicly espoused racist views. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Followers of the sect espouse pure love and nonviolence. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He did not espouse a theory of contingent duties vesting subsequently to careless acts. ▪ It has been rhetorically espoused by politicians and sceptically analysed by academics. ▪ This was the credo that Church himself espoused as a landscape artist. ▪ Under any such setup, voters elect a leader who espouses a program. ▪ Until recently women have had a struggle to get the unions to espouse their interests.
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