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    [Noun]  | "de*trac*tion" | \ di-ˈtrak-shən \


    1: a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling, disparagement

    2: a taking away


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English detraccioun, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French detraciun, borrowed from Late Latin dētractiōn-, dētractiō, going back to Latin, "removal, withdrawal, omission of words," from dētrahere "to detach by pulling, strip off, pull down, deprive of, speak ill (of)" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action {mat|detract|};

    [Noun]  | "detractions" 


    1: the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant;


      * e.g., " ... her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members "





    [Noun]  | "detraction" 


    1: the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant;


      * e.g., " ... her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members "





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