How do you pronounce nuremberg defense?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈn(j)ʊɹəmˌbɚɡ dɪˈfɛns/.

nuremberg defense

/ˈn(j)ʊɹəmˌbɚɡ dɪˈfɛns/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: Nu-rem-berg de-fense
IPA: /ˈn(j)ʊɹəmˌbɚɡ dɪˈfɛns/

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Meaning

noun

An explanation offered as an excuse for behaving in a criminal or wrongful manner, claiming that one acted in this way because one was ordered by others (particularly superiors) to do so.

American usage

noun

An explanation offered as a defense to criminal or wrongful behavior, claiming that one is justified in not obeying a governmental order or a domestic law because the order or law is itself unlawful.

American usage

Example Sentences

"“‘Nuremberg defense’, universally pleaded in war crimes trials,” is in actuality the Nuremberg nondefense, universally rejected in war crimes trials. It is a pity that the law of the Nuremberg Tribunal is so little understood after the passage of nearly a quarter of a century."
"Recognition of the reliance on an official interpretation of the law defense for government officials and private citizens may initially seem to be the same as the Nuremberg defense of “I was just following orders.”"
"“It seems like he's [Charles Graner's] wanting to do the Nuremberg defense: ‘I was following orders,’” says Thomas Moran, a Houston attorney and a former military lawyer."
"A relatively novel legal issue was raised by dissenters who contended that they did not so much oppose war in general as the Viet Nam war in particular. This contention, which became known as the Nuremberg defense, was raised by some young men who did not qualify as conscientious objectors and who were prosecuted for refusing to submit to induction."
"In United States v. Berrigan, a Federal court in Maryland laid down a legal blueprint for the treatment of war protest cases where an attempt was made to invoke the "Nuremberg defence." Father Philip Berrigan and three others stood charged with injuring the property of the United States Government, mutilating records filed in a public office of the United States, and hindering the administration of the Military Selective Service Act."
"Even during the Vietnam War, in the Pentagon Papers case, a standing objection would not have barred the assertion of a Nuremberg defense by those who committed the civil disobedience."

Etymology

An allusion to a defense used by former Nazi officials prosecuted during the Nuremberg trials after World War II. The trials were held in Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈn(j)ʊɹəmˌbɚɡ dɪˈfɛns/
British English: /ˈnjʊəɹəmbəːɡ dɪˈfɛns/

Usage

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Inflected Forms

Nuremberg defenses (plural) Nuremberg defence (alternative)

Synonyms

lawful orders superior orders