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DEROGATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does derogate mean?
• DEROGATE (verb)
The verb DEROGATE has 1 sense:
1. cause to seem less serious; play down
Familiarity information: DEROGATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




Past simple: derogated


Past participle: derogated


-ing form: derogating


Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to seem less serious; play down
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
belittle; denigrate; derogate; minimize
Context example:
Don't belittle his influence
Hypernyms (to "derogate" is one way to...):
belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "derogate"):
talk down (belittle through talk)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
derogation (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
derogative; derogatory (expressive of low opinion)
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