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detraction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | petty criticism |
| Type of | depreciation, derogation, disparagement |
detraction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | disparagement, dispraise |
| Derivation | detract |
let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken.
Examples of detraction
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After nineteen years we seem same, but are coupled and doubled opposite detraction.
From the thestate.com
Adding anybody's name is not an improvement but rather a serious detraction.
From the sfgate.com
The major detraction from the overall design is the use of a wired USB mouse and keyboard.
From the techcrunch.com
A detraction, however, is that he sounds mincing while reading the female parts of the novel.
From the jsonline.com
We made it a differentiation point rather than a detraction point.
From the nytimes.com
Detraction has proved a Golconda to Mr. Richard Harding Davis.
From the theatlantic.com
It documents a growing movement the corporate media refuses to cover without bias and detraction.
From the infowars.com
Not wanting to derail the thread, but I just wanted to add to the Gok Wan detraction if I may.
From the guardian.co.uk
Its main detraction is the thirsty 4.0-litre straight-six engine.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- A petty disparagement
- The act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"
- (detract) take away: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
- (detractive) causing to decrease in importance or value; "detractive influences on the volume of investment"
- (detractor) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- Detraction is defined, primarily in Roman Catholic theology, as the sin of revealing previously unknown faults or sins of another person to a third person. This differs from the sin of calumny, which is lying about faults or sins that a person doesn't really have. ...
- (detract) To take away; to withdraw or remove; To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry
- Disclosure of another's faults and sins, without an objectively valid reason, to persons who did not know about them, thus causing unjust injury to that person's reputation.
- 123) self-accusation
