DEROGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does derogation mean? 

• DEROGATION (noun)
  The noun DEROGATION has 2 senses:

1. a communication that belittles somebody or something

2. (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law

  Familiarity information: DEROGATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEROGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A communication that belittles somebody or something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement

Hypernyms ("derogation" is a kind of...):

discourtesy; disrespect (an expression of lack of respect)

Domain member usage:

half-caste (an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different racial groups or cultures)

half-breed (an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry))

mongoloid ((offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome)

Indian giver (an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you)

caffer; caffre; kaffir; kafir (an offensive and insulting term for any Black African)

mammy (an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.)

mongoloid (a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive))

Moonie (an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church)

nazi (derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.)

picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)

shegetz (an offensive term for non-Jewish young man)

shiksa; shikse (a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women)

gamin; street arab; throwaway ((sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets)

suit ((slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit)

tree hugger (derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests)

wog ((offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia)

gip; gyp ((sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle)

touchy-feely ((often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact))

hymie; kike; sheeny; yid ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew)

gip; gyp ((sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating)

bastard; mongrel (derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin)

effeminacy; effeminateness; sissiness; softness; unmanliness; womanishness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))

poor white trash; white trash ((slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished)

honkey; honkie; honky; whitey ((slang) offensive names for a White man)

coolie; cooly ((ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer)

Injun; red man; Redskin ((slang) offensive term for Native Americans)

papist (an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy)

fag; faggot; fagot; fairy; nance; pansy; poof; poove; pouf; queen; queer (offensive term for a homosexual man)

Chinaman; chink ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent)

Mick; Mickey; Paddy ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent)

dago; ginzo; greaseball; Guinea; wop ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent)

Jap; Nip ((offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent)

spic; spick; spik ((ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent)

greaser; taco; wetback ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent)

Boche; Hun; Jerry; Kraut; Krauthead (offensive term for a person of German descent)

butch; dike; dyke ((slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "derogation"):

cold water (disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation)

belittling; denigration (a belittling comment)

aspersion; slur (a disparaging remark)

detraction; petty criticism (a petty disparagement)

sour grapes (disparagement of something that is unattainable)

condescension; disdain; patronage (a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient)

calumniation; calumny; defamation; hatchet job; obloquy; traducement (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)

Derivation:

derogate (cause to seem less serious; play down)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed

Hypernyms ("derogation" is a kind of...):

abrogation; annulment; repeal (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

 Context examples 

He said it was no derogation from a man's dignity to confess that I was a devilish good fellow.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)