detraction

[ dih-trak-shuhn ]

/ dɪˈtræk ʃən /

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noun

the act of disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc.

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Origin of detraction

1300–50; Middle English (<Anglo-French ) <Late Latin dētractiōn- (stem of dētractiō), equivalent to Latin dētract(us) (see detract) + -iōn--ion

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How to use detraction in a sentence

There is one heavy detraction, however, from the excellence of the Avignonese climate.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
Bunglers will not mend matters by blackening the great canvases they can't paint on, nor the impotent become males by detraction.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend|Charles Reade
It is very absurd to consider criticism that is not always favourable, detraction.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
There was not a word of detraction about any one—nothing to jar on one's impression of him as a refined, noble-hearted man.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot

A favorite method of detraction is illustrated by the familiar story (p. 266) of Columbus's egg.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane

British Dictionary definitions for detraction

detraction

/ (dɪˈtrækʃən) /

noun

a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts

the act of discrediting or detracting from another's reputation, esp by slander; disparagement

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