DISPARAGEMENT


Meaning of DISPARAGEMENT in English

-jmənt noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle French desparagement, from desparagier + -ment

1.

a. : diminution of esteem or standing : indignity , disgrace

b. archaic : marriage to one of an inferior social position ; also : dishonor by reason of such a marriage

it was regarded as no disparagement for the daughter of a duke … to espouse a distinguished commoner — T.B.Macaulay

2.

a. : the expression of a low opinion of something : detraction

these comparisons are certainly not to be taken in any way as a disparagement : rather as a compliment — Douglas Stewart

b. : low opinion : contempt

every age seems to develop a certain disparagement of its immediate predecessor — P.H.Muir

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