espousal

Examples of espousing

espousing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

There could be no guarantee that those espousing respectable norms and practices would behave as they might be expected to.
The essays flow into one another, all singing from the same hymn-sheet rather than espousing different viewpoints.
By espousing the latter, one rejects modularity yet one does not reject cognitive neuropsychology.
On the face of it, these two theories seem quite incompatible, espousing rather contradictory views of how visual perception transpires.
Finally, the association is also accused of espousing illiberal views in the field of personal rights.
There is often resistance to scholars espousing paradigms different from those traditionally applied to a given subject.
This was a statement of values and created a political difficulty for governments espousing different political ideologies.
Students espousing this vantage point shared many of their parents' visions of local moral decline.
Espousing this broad construal of empathy does not help in specifying what is covered by the concept in terms of psychological processes and mental involvement.
Kingwell is here describing an argument rather than espousing it.
These differences suggest parties can trespass on issues both by taking ambiguous positions on issues and by espousing positions that are consonant with their party's traditional concerns or reputation.
The union leaders unfortunately neither extended their good intentions to espousing women's special grievances nor did they make any effort to include women within the ambit of union activity.
While espousing an inclusive definition of -ilm, it was simultaneously reinforcing institutional realities that profoundly impacted how, where, and ultimately at whose hands this -ilm would be imparted.
Their main disadvantage was that ' there were so few workers, the vast majority of those espousing socialist ideas being teachers, lawyers, students, or other members of intelligentsia ' (p. 186).
Ten years later these cranks have become accepted and the policies they were espousing are regarded as acceptable and natural.
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