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denigrative

Meaning of "denigrative" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DENIGRATIVE

ˈdenɪˌɡreɪtɪv


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DENIGRATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Denigrative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DENIGRATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of denigrative in the English dictionary

The definition of denigrative in the dictionary is causing denigration, tending to denigrate.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DENIGRATIVE

admirative · cirrostrative · concentrative · conflagrative · creative · degenerative · depurative · deteriorative · exasperative · execrative · exhilarative · expectorative · impetrative · innovative · integrative · native · oxidative · perforative · redintegrative · reintegrative

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DENIGRATIVE

deniability · deniable · deniably · denial · denialist · denied · denier · denies · denigrate · denigration · denigrator · denigratory · denim · denim jacket · denimed · denims · Denis · denisation · denitrate · denitration

WORDS THAT END LIKE DENIGRATIVE

active · administrative · alternative · collaborative · comparative · conservative · cooperative · cumulative · decorative · derivative · in the negative · informative · initiative · legislative · narrative · negative · operative · qualitative · quantitative · relative · representative

Synonyms and antonyms of denigrative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «denigrative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DENIGRATIVE

Find out the translation of denigrative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of denigrative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «denigrative» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

denigrative
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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denigrative
570 millions of speakers
en

English

denigrative
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

denigrative
380 millions of speakers
ar

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denigrative
280 millions of speakers
ru

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denigrative
278 millions of speakers
pt

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denigrative
270 millions of speakers
bn

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denigrative
260 millions of speakers
fr

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denigrative
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Denigrative
190 millions of speakers
de

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denigrative
180 millions of speakers
ja

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denigrative
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

denigrative
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Denigrative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

denigrative
80 millions of speakers
ta

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denigrative
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

निष्ठावान
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

denigrative
70 millions of speakers
it

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denigrative
65 millions of speakers
pl

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denigrative
50 millions of speakers
uk

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denigrative
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

denigrative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

denigrative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

denigrative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

denigrative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

denigrative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of denigrative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DENIGRATIVE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about denigrative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DENIGRATIVE»

Discover the use of denigrative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to denigrative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-made Man
4. The. Denigrative. Method. "It is not a smear, if you please, if you point out the record of your opponent." — Murray Chotiner NIXON WAS KNOWN, during World War ll, as "Nick" — and did better, at that, than his fellow officer in the Navy, also ...
Garry Wills, 1970
2
Gestural Politics: Stereotype and Parody in Joyce
Both these denigrative analyses of sexuality were put forward in Freud's work in the early 1900s, and they appear to have been derived from broader cultural biases of the time.3 If Joyce refrains from valorizing such stereotypes, he continually ...
Christy L. Burns, 2000
3
Reading Comprehension For The Cat
4. It is subversive of the system. 5. Which of the following best describes the reviewer's attitude towards the two books? 1. Unqualified appreciation. 2. Qualified appreciation. 3. Appreciative of John Gray's Anatomy, but denigrative of  ...
Kumar Sujit, 2010
4
Upward Dreams, Downward Mobility: The Economic Decline of ...
It has become explicitly antigovernment to the point of smearing, slandering, and being generally denigrative. The denigrative approach works better for these forces than simply a minimal-government approach.1 The denigrative method ...
Frederick R. Strobel, 1993
5
On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy from ...
The denigrative aspects of his performances accruedmore from context thanfromcontent. Fetchit's stage darky wasnever asarticulate or “philosophical” asWilliams's comic Negro, that is, he seldom overtly revealedthe ironic thrust or underlying ...
Mel Watkins, 1999
6
This Way Out: A Narrative of Therapy with Psychotic and ...
... spoke of some underlying truth, he thought dead), to investment in a relationship of deeply ambivalent nature that advanced to a crisis in which self esteem was pathologically manifested by murder of a denigrative romantic 747 Chapter 5.
Joseph Isaac Abrahams, 2010
7
Guillaume de Machaut: A Guide to Research
For example, Machaut's frequent mention of his weak eyes — along with other denigrative physical characteristics — may be an example of a conventional clerkly literary attribute, not an item of biographv (Cerquiglini 1984; 1985a: 1985b .
Lawrence Marshburn Earp, 1995
8
Crime, Aboriginality and the Decolonisation of Justice
... and other examples where participants have failed to grasp the subtle distinction between reinte- grative and denigrative forms of shaming. Roche promotes a process of 'deliberative accountability' as a means both of extending the promise ...
Harry Blagg, 2008
9
Economics Confronts the Economy
In macroeconomics the denigrative assertion was not based on the need for simplification; it was based on claims that Keynesian theory was simply incorrect. The world, we were told, really was (after some critical redefinitions) as mainstream ...
Philip A. Klein
10
Afro-American Literary Study in the 1990s
What McDowell leaves out of this passage, however, is the self-consciously denigrative nature of Morrison's aesthetics. Morrison is speaking in parts of the passage the critic fails to quote of connections between her work and what she calls ...
Houston A. Baker, Jr., Patricia Redmond, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DENIGRATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term denigrative is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sonakshi Sinha Leaked WhatsApp MMS Video Allegedly Goes Viral …
This video has raised yet another untrue and denigrative challenge before this Dabangg actress despite her absenteeism and non-appearance ... «All India Roundup, Apr 15»
2
Caricaturists Fined For Portraying Turkish President Erdogan as Gay
This hand gesture is commonly understood in Turkey as a denigrative sign for homosexuals. The indictment was launched following a citizen's ... «artnet News, Mar 15»
3
Birthday: 'Denigrative Utterances Against Gov Suswam Diabolical'
The media consultant to Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, Dr. Cletus Akwaya has said that the denigrative utterances against the ... «Leadership Newspapers, Nov 14»
4
Wanting strategic allies, needing genuine friends
... overtures to a country many in the region regard as a regional destabilizer and an oppressor of Palestinians, Arabs, and denigrative of Islam. «Jerusalem Post, Oct 14»
5
Q&A: Editors reveal trove of 19th-century African American poetry in …
Black-owned newspapers of the era did not, for example, use “colored” or “Negro” (common terms of the day) in a denigrative manner, and they ... «ArtsATL, Oct 14»
6
Lecturer drags Kaduna University to court
... above by you, a staff member of the university as denigrative and as an act of misconduct in line with section 20: 4 of the university law. «Premium Times, Aug 14»
7
Paintings by LeRoi at the New Gallery at 1120 Main Street
... where the artist has visited, symbolizing poor people in general, whom he also calls—with no denigrative connotation, but just the opposite, ... «Artvoice, Oct 13»
8
UK/Ireland NDC youth condemns the NPP's 'treachery' against Ghana
... the Supreme Court's verdict on the petition challenging the results of the 2012 presidential election, is "gravely selfish" and "denigrative of the ... «Myjoyonline.com, Aug 13»
9
Activist discusses campaign to pressure Facebook on pages that …
There's something called denigrative humor, and it has negative effects on the people it's targeting. You don't have to willingly seek it out; it just ... «Washington Post, May 13»
10
Congress doing `negative politics` by attacking Narendra Modi: BJP
... against Modi and has now unleashed its ministers and spokespersons to use the same "denigrative" language in hitting at their enemy. «Zee News, Apr 13»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Denigrative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/denigrative>. May 2024 ».
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