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watchword
[woch-wurd]
noun
a word or short phrase to be communicated, on challenge, to a sentinel or guard; password or countersign.
Synonyms:a word or phrase expressive of a principle or rule of action; slogan.
Conservation has been our watchword.
Synonyms:a rallying cry of a party, club, team, etc.
Synonyms:
watchword
/ ˈɒʃˌɜː /
noun
another word for password
a rallying cry or slogan
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of watchword1
Example Sentences
“Unpredictability” will be a predictable weather watchword throughout all of our lifetimes.
After years of argument and dispute about the meaning of gender, the watchword of Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling has to be clarity.
The limits of these "vital interests" have always been left deliberately vague – ambiguity and credibility being the two watchwords of nuclear deterrence.
Memory was the watchword of this day, marked around the world as International Holocaust Memorial Day.
A few watchwords of Tuesday night's presidential debate in Philadelphia were "same," "old" and "tired."
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