denigration

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

denigration (plural denigrations)

1. The act of making black; a blackening or defamation
2. An unfair criticism

Related terms

• denigrate

Translations

blackening or defamation

• Bulgarian: очерняне (bg) n (očernjane), почерняне (bg) (počernjane)
• Finnish: mustamaalaus (fi)
• Icelandic: ófræging (is) f, mannorðsspjöll (is) n

• Macedonian: оцрнување (mk) (ocrnúvanje) n, клевета (mk) (kléveta) f
• Russian: очернение (ru) n (očernenije), клевета (ru) f (kleveta), диффамация (ru) f (diffamacija)
• Swedish: smutskastning (sv) c

unfair criticism

See also

• belittlement
• disparagement