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单词 disparagement
释义 dis·par·age·ment
\-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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