denigration

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But for me its most striking phrase is the denigration, alongside the despised "faint-hearted" and fame-seekers, of "those who prefer leisure over work."

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  1. The act of making or becoming black, literally or figuratively; a blackening. [Archaic.] In these several instances of denigration the metals are worn off, or otherwise reduced into very minute parts. Boyle, Works, I. 714. I do not care to occupy myself with the denigration of a man [Comte] who, on the whole, deserves to be spoken of with respect. Huxley, Lay Sermons, p. 151.

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  • The regime has so very well excelled in the art of denigration, vilification, and personality destruction that even members of the civil society and intelligentsia have adopted its modus operandi as a means of survival. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
  • "Muslims are being targeted by a campaign of defamation, denigration, stereotyping, intolerance and discrimination," explained Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the OIC's secretary general. —  Latest Articles
  • When Giuliani sneered at "cosmopolitanism," he placed himself squarely in that tradition, speaking coded 'culture war' language for the denigration of diverse, pluralist urban centers where people of different national origins, different races and ethnicities, different faith communities and different sexual orientations live and work together. —  Edwize
  • (It's not just the Muslims ... this sort of denigration is found in many religions.) —  DemConWatch
  • The arguments for mass third world immigration, for putting 'asylum seekers' before our own people, for the denigration of our culture and standards, all are of the same order as the argument for giving prisoners control over their own lives. —  The British National Party
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  1. = Old French denigracion = Spanish denigracion = Portuguese denigração = Italian denigrazionc, from Late Latin denigratio(n-), from Latin deni-grare, blacken: see denigrate.
 

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