denigration
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
editdenigration (countable and uncountable, plural denigrations)
- The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
- An unfair criticism.
- 1952 January, Henry Maxwell, “Farewell to the "T14s"”, in Railway Magazine, page 57:
- To nostalgic eyes they became absolutely and almost mercifully unrecognisable. Nor did they escape a full measure of denigration.
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editblackening or defamation
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unfair criticism
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