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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disparagement \Dis*par"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF desparagement.] 1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.] And thought that match a foul disparagement. --Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. --South. Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. --I. Taylor. Syn: Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disparagement n 1: a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: {depreciation}, {derogation}] 2: the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn: {dispraise}]
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