disparage
to disrespectfully criticise someone
TRANSLATION
disparage = jemanden herabsetzen, herabwürdigen --- GOOGLE INDEX disparage: approximately 835,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The publisher of The Daily News has dropped a requirement that recently laid-off employees agree not to DISPARAGE, discredit, defame or belittle the newspaper in return for severance benefits, company officials said yesterday.
(New York Times)
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The producer of "The Hurt Locker" was barred from attending the March 7 Oscars ceremony after he solicited votes and DISPARAGED a competing film vying for best picture.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
(New York Times)
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The producer of "The Hurt Locker" was barred from attending the March 7 Oscars ceremony after he solicited votes and DISPARAGED a competing film vying for best picture.
(BusinessWeek magazine)
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disparage
verb
- to criticise someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them
disparagement
noun
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Political correctness often makes it difficult to tell when someone or something is being disparaged. Prime examples are the names of American sports teams.
Professional, university and high school sports teams have names like the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys. A Yankee (an American from the Northern United States) and a cowboy don't feel disparaged by the use of such names.
But teams such as the Washington Redskins and Atlanta Braves have been the subject of criticism - or disparagement as the case may be - for using Indian names. Some Native American activists have even gone to court to try and force a name change because they feel the names disparage Native American culture.
Other American universities have taken a different approach by adopting names that make no sense at all. For instance, the University of Virginia Hokies, The Georgetown University Hoyas and the Webster University Gorloks.
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SYNONYMS
criticise, defame, degrade, denigrate, deride, malign, ridicule, slam, slander, smear, vilify
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Bob really means no harm, but sometimes people feel disparaged by his tasteless jokes."
verb
- to criticise someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them
disparagement
noun
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Political correctness often makes it difficult to tell when someone or something is being disparaged. Prime examples are the names of American sports teams.
Professional, university and high school sports teams have names like the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys. A Yankee (an American from the Northern United States) and a cowboy don't feel disparaged by the use of such names.
But teams such as the Washington Redskins and Atlanta Braves have been the subject of criticism - or disparagement as the case may be - for using Indian names. Some Native American activists have even gone to court to try and force a name change because they feel the names disparage Native American culture.
Other American universities have taken a different approach by adopting names that make no sense at all. For instance, the University of Virginia Hokies, The Georgetown University Hoyas and the Webster University Gorloks.
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SYNONYMS
criticise, defame, degrade, denigrate, deride, malign, ridicule, slam, slander, smear, vilify
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Bob really means no harm, but sometimes people feel disparaged by his tasteless jokes."
