disparagement

[ dih-spar-ij-muh nt ]

/ dɪˈspær ɪdʒ mənt /

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noun

the act of disparaging.

something that derogates or casts in a bad light, as a remark or censorious essay.

Nearby words

disorientate, disorientation, disoriented, disown, disparage, disparagement, disparaging, disparate, disparity, disparlure, dispart

Origin of disparagement

1480–90; < Anglo-French, Middle French desparagement, equivalent to desparag(ier) to disparage + -ment -ment

Related forms

self-dis·par·age·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for disparagement

Disparagement painted over with the brushstrokes of complimentary praise is still disparagement.
Dear White People: Well-Meaning Paternalism Is Still Racist|Chloé Valdary|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He believes that mockery, disparagement, or airing personal grudges are never appropriate.
How to Speak of the Dead|David Frum|April 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Today, “businessman” and “profit” are no longer words of disparagement in India.
The Book on India|Prashant Agrawal|March 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Is not this a disparagement of the person of man and a denial of God's power?
No and Yes|Mary Baker Eddy

That is not said in disparagement of the last, but in admiration of the first.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)|Frederic G. Kenyon
For its priests and temples we have no words of disparagement.
The Hearth-Stone|Samuel Osgood
This I say in no disparagement of our cavalry, who have done so magnificently.
The German War|Arthur Conan Doyle
Go and Catch a Falling Star is but one of a series of delightful lyrics in disparagement of women.
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd