depreciations

noun

plural of depreciation
as in defamations
the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant a depreciation of the role of minorities in the building of the nation was once a common feature of history books

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depreciations
  1. criticisms
  2. abuses
  3. condemnations
  4. disparagements
  5. denigrations
  6. deprecations
  7. diminishments
Noun
  • For voters susceptible to these kinds of criticisms of Talarico, a Paxton rally provides a potent narrative.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
  • One of the big criticisms that Meta and other social-media companies face is that their algorithms tend to incentivize edgy, shocking content.
    — Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticisms
Noun
  • The safeguards are to ensure that military personnel deployed under the anti-gang force do not engage in abuses and civilians are protected.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • However, the institutions created to check and prevent just such abuses hold fast against these brazen king-like attempts to be immune from baldly unlawful actions.
    — David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of abuses
Noun
  • Comment sections were filled with glib condemnations of relatives who had behaved idiotically after exposure.
    — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The Johnson County pastor and former rural doctor traded condemnations, repeatedly turning policy questions into opportunities to cast doubt on each other’s character and fitness for office.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemnations
Noun
  • These disparagements cut to the core of southern manhood.
    — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Definition of disparagements
Noun
  • As my colleague Clare Malone has reported in this magazine, Weiss first came to public attention in college, as a consequence of her support for Israel and consistent denigrations of the Palestinian cause.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of denigrations
Noun
  • Economically, Google introduced more cost-effective AI models, while some competitors saw rising prices or model deprecations.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of deprecations
Noun
  • But in Zoe Kazan’s version, those diminishments let Lee become the new core of the show’s depiction of purpose and responsibility.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminishments
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