an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
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the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
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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.
The sanctity of human life, moral standards, personal and institutional responsibility _ even the pledge of allegiance _ too often these are the subject of denigration or embarrassment among leaders of the Democratic Party.
The 2 Live Crew remain under fire for their "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" album, which was ripped for its graphic sexual content and its denigration of women.
The army statement refuted the "so-called involvement of (Paul) in affairs of drug trafficking," and denounced the foreign press for its "campaign of denigration" against Paul, who is in his late 40s.
But this time around the denigration of opposing parties' candidates and institutions has eclipsed most attempts to inform the electorate of proposals for resolving this tiny Central American country's tremendous problems.
He gently debunked the orthodox Kemalist version of history, with its near-deification of Ataturk and denigration of the Ottoman regime which he brought to an end.
The media's treatment of the Defense Department during the Vietnam War, the Carter administration's denigration of the military, and the public scapegoating of Lt.