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Definition of Denigration
1. Noun. A belittling comment.
Generic synonyms: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement
Derivative terms: Denigrate
2. Noun. An abusive attack on a person's character or good name.
Generic synonyms: Attack
Derivative terms: Asperse, Calumniate, Calumnious, Defame, Denigrate, Slander, Slanderous
3. Noun. The act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself).
Generic synonyms: Disparagement, Dispraise
Derivative terms: Denigrate, Deprecate, Deprecate
Definition of Denigration
1. n. The act of making black.
Definition of Denigration
1. Noun. The act of making black; a blackening or defamation ¹
2. Noun. An unfair criticism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Denigration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denigration
Literary usage of Denigration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"denigration. It may be very stupid in me, but I cannot understand the pleasure
which people take in blackening each other. In the first place, ..."
2. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"I should not care so much about this denigration if there were not always people
ready to repeat to the person blackened all the dark and unpleasant things ..."
3. Disability and Social Change: A South African Agenda by Brian Watermeyer (2007)
"It was clear that some of the overt or subtle denigration was believed, or
accepted, by some of the respondents. These service users spoke of how the ..."
4. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1868)
"La France calls that denigration, and adds: "Nothing is more sad than this system
of denigration in view of the checks on our policy. ..."
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