Associations to the word «Disparagement»

Wiktionary

DISPARAGEMENT, noun. The act of disparaging, of belittling.

Dictionary definition

DISPARAGEMENT, noun. A communication that belittles somebody or something.
DISPARAGEMENT, noun. The act of speaking contemptuously of.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams