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Denigration   Listen
noun
Denigration  n.  
1.
The act of making black.
2.
Fig.: A blackening; defamation. "The vigorous denigration of science."





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Denigration" Quotes from Famous Books



... "to deny that it has a marked character of grandeur about it;" and he uses some very strong language because I show no sign of veneration for his idol. I confess I do not care to occupy myself with the denigration of a man who, on the whole, deserves to be spoken of with respect. Therefore, I shall enter into no statement of the reasons which lead me unhesitatingly to accept Mr. Congreve's challenge, and ...
— Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews • Thomas Henry Huxley


Words linked to "Denigration" :   belittling, calumny, dispraise, derogation, denigrate, deprecation, slander, depreciation, aspersion, attack, disparagement, defamation


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