disparagement

nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,008 of 15,258leans written

Disparagement is the belittling of somebody or their work. Constant disparagement.

It is done by tone and implication as much as by any direct criticism. Disparagement of a competitor is regulated in advertising, since it can be actionable.

Definitions of disparagement

1noundisparagementThe belittling of somebody or their work.C2
“Years of quiet disparagement did more harm than any argument.”

disparagement is a belittling.

Where it comes from

Old French desparagement first meant marrying below your rank, from des plus parage, equal birth.

Old French
desparagement
English, today
disparagement

From Old French desparagement.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

disparagement in the wild

A similar concept is expressed in the term "non-disparagement agreement", which prevents one party from stating anything "derogatory" about the other party.
Non-disclosure agreement
Hart in 1916, is used variously to convey either disparagement or affection.
Horse opera
In 2017, the Supreme Court struck down the disparagement provision as unconstitutional in Matal v.
Disparagement
Consumers Union of United States, Inc., 466 U.S. 485, was a product disparagement case ultimately decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
The word is normally a term of disparagement.
Nicodemite

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