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The act of depreciating
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denigration
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Word definitions for denigration in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Denigration \Den`i*gra"tion\, n. [L. denigratio.] The act of making black. --Boyle. Fig.: A blackening; defamation. The vigorous denigration of science. --Morley.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Late Latin denigrationem (nominative denigratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin denigrare (see denigrate ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of making black; a blackening or defamation 2 An unfair criticism
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a belittling comment [syn: belittling ] an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion , calumny , slander , defamation ] the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) [syn: deprecation ]
Usage examples of denigration.
Thus, several of the explicit comments and formulations often cited in literary history contain specific denigrations of ideas as such and have a distinct anti-intellectual flavour to them.
Twelve The yard at Deptford, and John Gunning both, had suffered much in terms of denigration.
Even Perkinite missionaries, standing on their portable pedestals, would lapse in their denigrations of all things male long enough to stare and sigh at the entrancing, rippling waves.