Outcry
Meaning of Outcry
A strong public expression of disapproval or anger.
ما معنى كلمة Outcry بالعربي؟
صرخة احتجاج أو استنكار
📢😠 صرخة احتجاج أو استنكار؛ تعبير جماعي قوي عن الرفض أو الغضب؛ صوت مُرتفع للمُطالبة بالتغيير أو التعبير عن عدم الرضا 😠🔊
قصة GL: صرخة الاحتجاج أو الاستنكار ضد أنظمة التعليم الجامدة - التعبير الجماعي القوي عن الرفض مُبرر، الصوت المُرتفع الذي دفع لتطوير بدائل تعليمية ثورية 📯
Outcry in a sentence
The outcry led to a legal review.
GL Research followed public outcry over testing.
Genetic Invent responded to the outcry.
Genetic G Learning studies an outcry.
Origin of Outcry
From out plus cry, Old French crier.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, outcry describes public objection. Teams answer it with transparent data.
Outcry audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Welcome. Today's word is 'outcry' — a noun.
Narrator: Pronounced OUT-cry, IPA /ˈaʊt.kraɪ/.
Narrator: An outcry is a strong expression of public protest, anger, or disapproval — a collective voice raised loudly against something unjust.
Narrator: Combines out, meaning publicly outward, and cry — to shout. An outcry is literally a shouting out.
Narrator: Historically used in auction contexts — the outcry was the auctioneer calling bids. By the nineteenth century it became collective public protest.
Narrator: Today an outcry can be physical — crowds in the street — or digital — petitions, angry posts, comment sections.
Narrator: Outcry implies a reaction that is difficult to ignore — significant in scale and impossible to dismiss.
Narrator: Register is serious and formal. It signals a significant number of people feel strongly.
Narrator: An outcry is society finding its voice — loudly.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: There was a huge public outcry when the council closed the library — ten thousand signatures in one day.
Speaker B: Outcry implies collective, sustained, visible protest. Not a few complaints — thousands reacting together.
Speaker A: Difference between outcry and uproar?
Speaker B: Uproar is immediate and noisy. Outcry is sustained and purposeful — organised protest that can force policy change.
Speaker A: And backlash?
Speaker B: Backlash is a negative reaction against something previously popular. Outcry is about injustice or wrong-doing specifically.
Speaker A: Mistakes to avoid?
Speaker B: Don't use outcry for minor complaints. And it's uncountable in some forms — a public outcry, not a public outcries.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Outcry in AI prompts — detecting strong collective protest, alert systems, sentiment monitoring tools. Five prompts.
Speaker A: Outcry in a prompt — detect collective protest at threshold, make it visible, require a visible response.
Frequently asked questions about Outcry
What does Outcry mean?
A strong public expression of disapproval or anger.
ما معنى كلمة Outcry بالعربي؟
صرخة احتجاج أو استنكار — 📢😠 صرخة احتجاج أو استنكار؛ تعبير جماعي قوي عن الرفض أو الغضب؛ صوت مُرتفع للمُطالبة بالتغيير أو التعبير عن عدم الرضا 😠🔊
How do you pronounce Outcry?
Outcry is pronounced /ˈaʊtkraɪ/ and is used as a noun.
How is Outcry used in a sentence?
The outcry led to a legal review.
What are synonyms of Outcry?
protest, uproar, outrage, clamour, furore, objection.