denigration n
1. a belittling comment [syn: belittling]
2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: aspersion, calumny, slander, defamation]
3. the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) [syn: deprecation]

Denigration \Den`i*gra"tion\, n. [L. denigratio.]
1. The act of making black. --Boyle.
2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation. The vigorous denigration of science. --Morley.

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