disparagement

  • 11disparagement — disparage ► VERB ▪ regard or represent as being of little worth; scorn. DERIVATIVES disparagement noun disparaging adjective. ORIGIN Old French desparagier marry someone of unequal rank , from Latin par equal …

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  • 12disparagement of property — 1: disparagement (1) 2: slander of title Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 13disparagement of title — disparagement of title: slander of title Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 14disparagement of goods — A statement about a competitor s goods which is untrue or misleading and is made to influence or tends to influence the public not to buy. Aerosonic Corp. v. Trodyne Corp., 402 F.2d 223, 231. See disparagement …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 15disparagement of goods — A statement about a competitor s goods which is untrue or misleading and is made to influence or tends to influence the public not to buy. Aerosonic Corp. v. Trodyne Corp., 402 F.2d 223, 231. See disparagement …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16disparagement — noun see disparage …

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  • 17disparagement — /di spar ij meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of disparaging. 2. something that derogates or casts in a bad light, as a remark or censorious essay. [1480 90; < AF, MF desparagement, equiv. to desparag(ier) to DISPARAGE + ment MENT] * * * …

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  • 18disparagement — Synonyms and related words: airs, animadversion, arrogance, aspersion, attaint, attrition, backbiting, backstabbing, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, belittlement, bend sinister, black eye, black mark, blot, blur, brand, broad arrow, calumny …

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  • 19disparagement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Detraction] Syn. depreciation, belittlement, backbiting; see lie 1 . 2. [Something that discredits] Syn. aspersion, censure, derision; see blame 1 , objection 2 , ridicule . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or an&#8230; …

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  • 20disparagement — dis·par·age·ment || dɪ spærɪdÊ’mÉ™nt n. degradation, scorn, slander, belittlement …

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