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denigrate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
denigrate /ˈdɛnɪgreɪt/

▶verb criticize unfairly; disparage.

– derivatives
denigration noun,
denigrator noun,
denigratory /-ˈgreɪt(ə)ri/ adjective.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘blacken, make dark’): from L. denigrat-, denigrare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + nigare (from niger ‘black’).

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