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plural of detraction
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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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“Detractions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/detractions. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.
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