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1. • Any controversy that attracts great public attention

     • cause célèbre [ kawzs uh- leb-r uh, - leb; French kohz sey- leb- ruh ] See synonyms for cause célèbre on Thesaurus.com noun, plural causes cé·lè·bres [kawzsuh-leb-ruhz, suh-lebz, kaw-ziz suh-leb-ruh, -leb; French kohz sey-leb-ruh]. any controversy that attracts great public attention, as a celebrated legal case or trial.
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   What does cause célèbre mean?

   • Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: A cause célèbre is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning and heated public debate. The term is particularly used in connection with celebrated legal cases. It is a French phrase in common English use, but is hardly used in modern French.

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   Where does the noun cause célèbre come from?

   • The earliest known use of the noun cause célèbre is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for cause célèbre is from 1763, in a letter by Horace Walpole, author, politician, and patron of the arts. cause célèbre is a borrowing from French.

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   What is a cause célèbre in law?

   • A cause célèbre is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning and heated public debate. The term is particularly used in connection with celebrated legal cases.

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   What if a person prominent in a cause célèbre belongs to himself?

   • He had transgressed the unwritten law of the English constitution that a person prominent in a cause célèbre belongs for the time being, not to himself, but to the nation at large. He put the question in a quiet, passionless tone, as if he were discussing some cause célèbre in which he had nothing more than a professional interest.

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   cause célèbre. noun [ C ] us / ˌkɑːz selˈeb.rə / uk / ˌkɔːz selˈeb.rə / plural causes célèbres us / ˌkɑːz- / uk / ˌkɔːz.selˈeb.rə /. Add to word list. Add to word list. an event, such as a famous legal trial, that attracts a lot of public attention. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

   • Znaczenie Cause Célèbre, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     cause célèbre definicja: 1. an event, such as a famous legal...

   • Translation to Mandarin Chinese

     cause célèbre translations: 轰动一时的事件；引起公众关注的诉讼案. Learn more...

   • Translation to Traditional Chinese

     cause célèbre translations: 轟動一時的事件；引起公眾關注的訴訟案. Learn more...

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   See cause célèbre in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: cause célèbre. Definition of cause célèbre noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Cause célèbre definition: any controversy that attracts great public attention, as a celebrated legal case or trial.. See examples of CAUSE CÉLÈBRE used in a sentence.

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   5 days ago · cause célèbre in American English. (ˈkɔz səˈlɛb ; ˈkɔz səˈlɛbrə ; French koʊzseɪˈlɛbʀ (ə)) or cause celebre (ˈkɔz səˈlɛb ; ˈkɔz səˈlɛbrə ; French koʊzseɪˈlɛbʀ (ə)) 1. a celebrated law case, trial, or controversy. 2. a person, thing, or incident that has become widely known, often because of controversy ...

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   6 days ago · Word origin. Fr. cause célèbre in American English. (ˈkɔz səˈlebrə, -ˈleb, French kouz seiˈlebʀᵊ) noun Word forms: plural causes célèbres (ˈkɔz səˈlebrəz, səˈlebz, ˈkɔzɪz səˈlebrə, -ˈleb, French kouz seiˈlebʀᵊ) any controversy that attracts great public attention, as a celebrated legal case or trial.

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   Definitions of cause celebre. noun. an incident that attracts great public attention. see more. see less. type of: incident. a single distinct event.

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   What does the noun cause célèbre mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun cause célèbre . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.