(n.) Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.
(n.) In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
Example Sentences:
(1) Psychical assessment was evaluated by colloquy and by the administration of some psychodiagnostic tests: EPI, MMPI, Zung.
(2) Finally, Sigerist stresses the fact that, in addition to these four lecture courses, seminars and a colloquy may provide students with the possibility of working on a specific subject in more detail.
(3) In subsequent colloquy, the president stressed that we would be "in a bad position" if we chose to set off an international conflagration by rejecting proposals that would seem quite reasonable to survivors, if any cared.
(4) Clapper has already apologised for untruthfully testifying during a March Senate colloquy with Wyden that the NSA does "not wittingly" collect data on millions of Americans.
(5) To highlight the report and its findings , the White House is hosting a series of events this afternoon, including a Rose Garden colloquy called “Weather from the White House”, billed as a conversation between the president and “local and national meteorologists”.
Obloquy
Definition:
(n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.
(n.) Cause of reproach; disgrace.
Example Sentences:
(1) While Jacobs went on to enjoy a distinguished career as author and urbanist, Moses descended into increasing obloquy.
(2) A good deal of the obloquy focused personally on Sadik-Kahn, even though her strategy came from Bloomberg’s PlaNYC , his 2007 vision for making an expanding city more green and liveable.
(3) Equally, a partial political retreat would spare them the obloquy that would come their way if they denied the NLD its place in government.
(4) Sigmar Gabriel, the German foreign minister, points out there will be many far more rightwing governments present in Hamburg than Trump, and they will receive far less obloquy from the expected tens of thousands of street protesters.
(5) Advice from the 'lunchbox doctor' Jenny Tschiesche, a nutritionist and the author of Not Just Sandwiches – five ways to improve your child's lunchbox, says that packed lunches don't deserve the obloquy they have attracted, and that many parents want the choice, especially those who have children with allergies or food intolerances.