denigration
nounEtymology By surface analysis, denigrate + -ion.
1
The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
2
An unfair criticism.
- To nostalgic eyes they became absolutely and almost mercifully unrecognisable. Nor did they escape a full measure of denigration.1952 January, Henry Maxwell, “Farewell to the "T14s"”, in Railway Magazine, page 57:
- Related terms
- denigrate, self-denigration, belittlement, disparagement