Disparagement vs Obloquy - What's the difference?
disparagement | obloquy | Related terms |
The act of disparaging, of belittling.
Abusive language.
* 1748 , David Hume, London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=21 Disgrace suffered from abusive language.
* 1825 , William Hazlitt, The Spirit of the Age ,
*1886 , , The Princess Casamassima .
*:It was comparatively easy for him to accept himself as the son of a terribly light Frenchwoman; there seemed a deeper obloquy even than that in his having for his other parent a nobleman altogether wanting in nobleness.
Disparagement is a related term of obloquy.
As nouns the difference between disparagement and obloquy
is that disparagement is the act of disparaging, of belittling while obloquy is abusive language.disparagement
English
(wikipedia disparagement)Noun
(en noun)- His disparagement of his opponent failed to dissuade voters.
See also
* belittlement * denigrationobloquy
English
Noun
(obloquies)- It is surprising, therefore, that this philosophy, which, in almost every instance, must be harmless and innocent, should be the subject of so much groundless reproach and obloquy .
citation, passage=“Can't you understand that love without confidence is a worthless thing—and that had you trusted me I would have borne any obloquy with you.
- His name undoubtedly stands very high in the present age, and will in all probability go down to posterity with more or less of renown or obloquy .
