DETRACTION Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

detraction

noun

di-ˈtrak-shən

Definition of detraction

as in criticism

the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members

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Recent Examples of detraction Agreeing with Kruse, Commissioner Tal Siddique cited the lack of commercial land as his main detraction for the project. — Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026 Each heart shaped decanter features layered references to its source and heritage that enhance and frame the spirit itself without detraction. — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 Many smart investors, among them, several of my colleagues, cannot warm up to these stocks because of such obvious detractions as the lack of new products, patent expirations, and price controls. — Karen Firestone, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024 That means that the overriding security responsibility will be left in Israel's hands, and that's a detraction of sovereign powers. — Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for detraction

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Noun

Vucic has pushed hard against the protesters as the government faced international criticism over police violence and arbitrary detentions of demonstrators.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
His political interests would be served if Republicans were to stop attacking Carlson and if Carlson were to tone down his criticism of the GOP.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticism

Noun

The statements made about Skains in that letter were false and constituted defamation for which she should be compensated, the jury decided Friday.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
Her credulousness has actually served Fox as a legal defense, since a person has to know a statement was false or show reckless disregard for the truth in order to be held liable for defamation.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of defamation

Noun

Iamaleava could have allowed the disparagement to compound, but the starting signal-caller is using it as fuel for a 2026 season where many have the Bruins painted as a potential dark horse.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Her mother, meanwhile, is backed up by her second husband (Kwon), a mild-mannered documentary filmmaker whose profession gives his wife yet more ammunition in her smiling disparagement of Sanghee.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of disparagement

Noun

That drew condemnation in the volatile region that remains ethnically divided more than three decades after the war, which started when Bosnia's Serbs took control over swaths of the country's territory to form their own state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Police shot at an unarmed crowd protesting apartheid pass laws on March 21, 1960, and drew international condemnation.

— Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of condemnation

Noun

And the depreciation of the naira currency has seen the dollar value of company revenues fall within the period.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Her tax returns show $60,000 a year in net income after depreciation, vehicle costs, and a warehouse write-off, a figure no conventional lender can stretch into a Miami purchase.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of depreciation

Noun

When the couple is suspected of child abuse, their five kids are taken away by protective services.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2026
While rights activists accuse Bukele's government of widespread abuses, the country is notably safer than many other countries whose people have recently lost TPS protections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

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