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Definition of Denigrates
1. denigrate [v] - See also: denigrate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denigrates
Literary usage of Denigrates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"... it neither flatters nor denigrates Gibbon; and it is capable of conveying a
very useful general impression of him and his work. ..."
2. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"... does not allow the sort of dual and mixed identities that many Americans want,
and because it denigrates the non-European heritages of many Americans. ..."
3. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"This denigrates our flesh and maligns the God who fashioned us to be a creative
unity. Edwards resisted associating "divinity" with "physic and anatomy. ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... this case. passel Harper 1985 finds passel a useful and colorful word while
Nickles 1974 denigrates it as a cracker-barrel term that should be avoided. ..."
5. Modern Capital of Human Rights?: Abuses in the State of Georgia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"... Angeles to Atlanta for the opening of the games, will bypass at least one
county in Georgia because of a county resolution that denigrates gay people. ..."
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