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denigration

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den·i·grate  (dn-grt)
tr.v. den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing, den·i·grates
1. To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
2. To disparage; belittle: The critics have denigrated our efforts.

[Latin dnigrre, dnigrt-, to blacken, defame : d-, de- + niger, nigr-, black; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.]

deni·gration n.
deni·grator n.

denigration
literally, blackening; commonly, the sullying or defaming of a person, organization, or institution. — denigrator, n.
See also: Blackening and Blackness
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.denigration - a belittling comment
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
2.denigration - an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
attack - strong criticism; "he published an unexpected attack on my work"
3.denigration - the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
dispraise, disparagement - the act of speaking contemptuously of

denigration disparagement
noun defamation, belittling, vilification, besmirching, obloquy, aspersion, detraction the denigration of minorities in this country
Translations
denigration [ˌdenɪˈgreɪʃən] Ndenigración f
denigration [ˌdɛnɪˈgreɪʃən] n [person] → dénigrement m
denigration


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One Leibovitz assistant told me that Leibovitz sometimes sounded like a page out of On Photography's denigration of efforts to capture the world with a camera.
A Gallup World Poll of some 800 million Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia indicates widespread resentment over what respondents see as the denigration of Islam and Arabs and Muslims in the West.
No Sacred Scripture is worthy of denigration in any publication anywhere, let alone in a publication put out in the name of the Catholic Church itself.
 
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