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denigration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | belittling |
| Type of | depreciation, derogation, disparagement |
| Derivation | denigrate |
denigration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deprecation |
| Type of | disparagement, dispraise |
| Derivation | denigrate |
denigration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aspersion, calumny, defamation, slander |
| Type of | attack |
| Derivation | denigrate |
Examples of denigration
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This racist postcard from the 1900s shows the casual denigration of black women.
From the en.wikipedia.org
She may call it robust debate, I call it a denigration of the Westminster System.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Denigration of the future has become an intellectual prop over the past 40 years.
From the theatlantic.com
Power, defensive denigration, and the assuaging effect of gratitude expression.
From the sciencedaily.com
The human capacity for insult, denigration and blasphemy seems utterly boundless.
From the time.com
Many of these courses emphasize a long history of discrimination and denigration.
From the time.com
For years past the Queen and her family have been subject to a torrent of denigration.
From the theatlantic.com
It is black-on-black discrimination, disenfranchisement, denigration and degradation.
From the suntimes.com
And yet you don't have a problem with that name-calling or denigration.
From the swampland.blogs.time.com
- A belittling comment
- Aspersion: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
- Deprecation: the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
- (denigrate) minimize: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
- (denigrate) defame: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- (denigratory) calumniatory: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
- The act of making black; a blackening or defamation; An unfair criticism
- (denigrate) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame; To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage; To blacken
- (denigrate) discredit, put down, belittle
