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• n  identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
• n  the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
• n  the act of designating or identifying something

• Several years earlier, the Army had officially excised the term as an unfavorable characterization derived from the designation "government issue.
• Yet the terrorist designation for PMOI and the related National Council of Resistance of Iran remains in place.
• His group, Cornwall 2000, is waging a campaign to get the Cornish recognized as an ethnic minority within Britain, a designation he says would revive Cornish culture and language .

• appellation
• denomination
• appellative
• appointment
• assignment
• naming
• identification

News & Articles

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• CIT Aerospace Receives CF6 TRUEngine Designation
  PARIS AIR SHOW – June 19, 2013 – CIT Aerospace has been awarded TRUEngine designation for its CF6 engine fleet, which powers its 13 Airbus CF6-80E-powered A330-200 aircraft.
  June 19, 2013 - Aircraft Maintenance Technology
• Why labeling obesity as a disease matters
  The new designation could change how doctors, insurers, and the government treat obese people
  June 19, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News
• SeCTer sees designation helping on Norwich Hospital redevelopment
  Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region Corp., a New London-based economic development organization, was recently notified of a designation from the U.S. Department of Commerce that will enable it to be a stronger advocate for government aid to clean up the former Norwich Hospital property, an administrator said.
  June 18, 2013 - The Norwich Bulletin

Quotes

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• Condoleezza Rice in FOXNews
  But there is, in fact, a verification protocol and a set of assurances that the five are agreed to and that the North Koreans, at least privately before we lifted the terrorist designation, had also agreed to,Rice said.
• Sean McCormack in International Herald Tribune
  The Secretary of Sate has rescinded the designation of the DPRK as a State Sponsor of Terrorism,McCormack told a news conference.
• Mike Reinfeldt in SBR Forum
  This is a step in the process with Albert,Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt said. "This designation gives us more time to work on a long-term contract with him."