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disparagement

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What does disparagement mean?

noun

  1. The act of disparaging, of belittling.

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But Cato's marriage, unbecoming his dignity and age, is a considerable disparagement, in this respect, to his character.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
North Dormer took the Mountain for granted, and implied its disparagement by an intonation rather than by explicit criticism.
Edith WhartonSummerProject Gutenberg ebook #166
More book examples (3)
To dream of wire, denotes that you will make frequent but short journeys which will be to your disparagement.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
And in good will we strove so to forward their affairs that gain accrued to them, while justice suffered no disparagement.
Richard de BuryThe Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de BuryTranslated by Ernest Chester ThomasProject Gutenberg ebook #626
Contrariwise, "disparagement" may be defined as "hatred, in so far as it induces a man to think too meanly of a hated object."
Benedictus de SpinozaEthics — Part 3Translated by R. H. M. (Robert Harvey Monro) ElwesProject Gutenberg ebook #948