Crossword clues for denigration
denigration
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
early 15c., from Late Latin denigrationem (nominative denigratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin denigrare (see denigrate).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of making black; a blackening or defamation 2 An unfair criticism
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.