disparagement Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a communication that belittles somebody or something
depreciation; derogation.
noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
dispraise.

Cf. OF. desparagement.

Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. Eng.
And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser.
Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South.

Imitation IS A disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.
Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.