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PETTY CRITICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does petty criticism mean? 

PETTY CRITICISM (noun)
  The noun PETTY CRITICISM has 1 sense:

1. a petty disparagementplay

  Familiarity information: PETTY CRITICISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PETTY CRITICISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A petty disparagement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

detraction; petty criticism

Hypernyms ("petty criticism" is a kind of...):

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)


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