Definitions for infamy
ˈɪn fə miin·famy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. infamy, opprobriumnoun

   a state of extreme dishonor

   "a date which will live in infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city"

2. infamynoun

   evil fame or public reputation

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. infamynoun

   The state of being infamous.

2. infamynoun

   A reputation as being evil.

3. Etymology: From infamia, from infamis, from in- + fama.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Infamousness, Infamynoun

   Publick reproach; notoriety of bad character.

   Etymology: infamie, Fr. infamia, Lat.

   Ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are the infamy of the people. Ezek. xxxvi. 3.

   I throw my infamy at thee:
   I will not ruinate my father's house,
   Who gave his blood to lime the stones together,
   And set up Lancaster. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   The noble isle doth want her proper limbs,
   Her face defac'd with scars of infamy. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Wilful perpetrations of unworthy actions brand, with most indelible characters of infamy, the name and memory to posterity. Charles I .

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Infamy

   Infamy, in common usage, is the notoriety gained from a negative incident or reputation (as opposed to fame). The word stems from the Latin infamia, antonym of fama (in the sense of "good reputation").

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1. infamy

   Infamy is the state of being well known for some bad quality, deed, or an evil act. It is a strong condemnation or public disgrace linked to evil or extreme disgraceful actions, often resulting in a negative reputation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Infamynoun

   total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity

2. Infamynoun

   a quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action

3. Infamynoun

   that loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness

4. Etymology: [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Infamy

   Infamy, in common usage, is notoriety gained from a negative incident or reputation. The word stems from the Latin infamia, antonym of fama. Infamy is a term of art in Roman Catholic Canon Law. The remainder of this article discusses infamy as defined by Canon Law. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, infamy in the canonical sense is defined as the privation or lessening of one's good name as the result of the bad rating which he has, even among prudent men. It constitutes an irregularity, i.e. a canonical impediment which prevents one being ordained or exercising such orders as he may have already received. There are two types of infamy, infamy of law and infamy of fact.

Matched Categories

1. • Dishonor
   • Disrepute

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of infamy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of infamy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of infamy in a Sentence

1. Stephen Vizinczey:

   Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth

2. Akhlak-i-Jalali:

   All property which comes to hand by means of violence, or infamy, or baseness, however large it may be, is tainted and unblest. On the other hand, whatever is obtained by honest profit, small though it be, brings a blessing with it.*

3. Republican Representative Mike Kelly:

   Today, Dec. 18, 2019, is another date that will live in infamy.

4. Dan Gross:

   Notoriety serves as a reward for these killers and as a call-to-action for others who would seek to do similar harm in the name of infamy.

5. Tieck:

   He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=infamy
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Infamy
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=infamy
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infamy
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infamy
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=infamy
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=infamy