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Meanings of deprecation in английском

каталонский
denigració

The act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

denigració
русский
deprecation
португальский
depreciação

Reduction of the effective value or usefulness of an old item, which remains valid and usable as is, but which is no longer recommended and should be avoided in new usages.

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Examples for "denigration"
Examples for "denigration"
1
Given what had gone before, this was a denigration of the anthem.
The Irish Times
2
Trump's comments are just the most recent in a litany of denigration.
Wired
3
The glamorisation of the Irish language or the denigration of Gaeltacht culture.
The Irish Times
4
But even this proved sufficient cause for bitterness, resentment, and quiet denigration.
Forge of Darkness
5
Stop Demand works to combat the sexual denigration of women and children.
Radio NZ
Usage of deprecation in английском
1
The General spread out his hands in his favourite gesture of deprecation.
In Kedar's Tents
2
Mrs. Fenton put up her hand in a pretty gesture of deprecation.
The Puritans
3
She saw his surprise, and extended her hands in deprecation and entreaty.
Madame de Treymes
4
The boy threw up his thin hand with a gesture of deprecation.
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
5
He came and looked, but said nothing, lifting a hand in deprecation.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04
6
She lifted her eyes with a look of humble deprecation, and said:
The Old Homestead
7
Some counselled a public deprecation of his wrath, addressed to The Masque.
Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 2
8
But this sense of wrongness and self-deprecation began to bring back bitterness.
Oberheim (Voices): A Chronicle of War
9
Fine words, genteel deprecation, and magnanimous generality are the tricks of villany.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 / A Magazi...
10
She brushed this aside with one of her light gestures of deprecation.
Madame de Treymes
11
He murmured a sentence of half ironical deprecation, and Mr. Harcourt continued:-
A First Family of Tasajara
12
No affected deprecation of my own abilities had any part is this.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
13
She eschews grand schemes, preferring the virtues of modesty, patience, and self-deprecation.
The Guardian
14
He leaves the interview in a flurry of Johnsonian charm and self-deprecation.
The Guardian
15
She turned her charming eyes up to him without deprecation or concession.
The Author of Beltraffio
16
It was capable of many interpretations-reproof ,angerat fate, polite disbelief, deprecation.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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Translations for deprecation
каталонский
denigració
португальский
depreciação
Deprecation through the time
Deprecation across language varieties
United Kingdom
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