Definitions for denigration

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. denigration, belittling(noun)

    a belittling comment

  2. aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation, denigration(noun)

    an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

  3. deprecation, denigration(noun)

    the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

Wiktionary

  1. denigration(Noun)

    The act of making black; a blackening or defamation

  2. denigration(Noun)

    An unfair criticism

Webster Dictionary

  1. Denigration(noun)

    the act of making black

  2. Denigration(noun)

    fig.: A blackening; defamation


Translations for denigration

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

denigration(noun)

to attack the reputation etc of

I'm not trying to denigrate her achievement.

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