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• n  a belittling comment
• n  an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
• n  the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

• The label has become the universal atomic bomb of denigration, and you don't even have to be German to have it dropped on your head.
• The denigration and demonization, the attribution of boundless power and evil, clearly are classic signs of Jew hatred.
• Memo's relentless denigration of Carla's first-world background tugs on a string of middle-class guilt and self-loathing tied around Carla's soul.

• belittling
• aspersion
• calumny
• slander
• defamation
• deprecation

News & Articles

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• Letter #2: Why the SPLOST is good for PTC
  [Editor’s note: Paul Lentz has written a series of letters exploring the dilemma underlying the SPLOST issue and his view on “the lesser of two weevils.” This is the second in that series of letters.] There’s an old definition of “mixed emotions.” It’s seeing your worst enemy driving over a cliff ... in your new car. Nowadays, we say “conflicted.” Such is the denigration of the English language ...
  Aug. 28, 2013 - The Fayette Citizen
• Letter #2: Why the SPLOST is good for Peachtree City
  [Editor’s note: Paul Lentz has written a series of letters exploring the dilemma underlying the SPLOST issue and his view on “the lesser of two weevils.” This is the second in that series of letters.] There’s an old definition of “mixed emotions.” It’s seeing your worst enemy driving over a cliff ... in your new car. Nowadays, we say “conflicted.” Such is the denigration of the English language ...
  Aug. 27, 2013 - The Fayette Citizen