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Malign vs Derogate - What's the difference?

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Malign is a related term of derogate.


In lang=en terms the difference between malign and derogate

is that malign is to make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce while derogate is to act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between malign and derogate

is that malign is (archaic) to treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong while derogate is (archaic) debased.

As adjectives the difference between malign and derogate

is that malign is evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence while derogate is (archaic) debased.

As verbs the difference between malign and derogate

is that malign is to make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce while derogate is (obsolete|transitive) to partially repeal (a law etc).

malign

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.
  • malevolent.
  • * 1891 -
    • He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.
  • (oncology) malignant
    • a malign ulcer
    (Francis Bacon)

    Related terms

    * malignant

    Antonyms

    * benign

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
  • * South
    • To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.
  • (archaic) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
  • * Spenser
    • The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Anagrams

    * * English transitive verbs

    derogate

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To partially repeal (a law etc.).
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • By several contrary customs, many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated .
  • To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
  • * 1642 , (John Milton), An Apology for Smectymnuus :
    • I never thought the human frailty of erring in cases of religion, infamy to a state, no more than to a council: it had therefore been neither civil nor christianly, to derogate the honour of the state for that cause [...].
  • * 1999 , Ziva Kunda, Social Cognition , p. 222:
    • When the need for self-affirmation is satisfied through other means, one is less compelled to derogate members of negatively setereotyped groups.
  • * 2001 , Russell Cropanzano, Justice in the Workplace , vol. II, p. 104:
    • Bandura (1990) gave a related example of gas chamber operators in Nazi prison camps, who found it necessary to derogate and dehumanize their victims rather than become overwhelmed by distress.
  • (ambitransitive) To take away (something (from) something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
  • * Sir T. More
    • Anything that should derogate , minish, or hurt his glory and his name.
  • * Burke
    • It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
  • To remove a part, to detract (from) (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
  • * 1857 , , Volume the Second, page 147 (ISBN 1857150570)
    • In doing so she had derogated from her dignity and committed herself.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.19:
    • God does not have the attributes of a Christian Providence, for it would derogate from His perfection to think about anything except what is perfect, i.e. Himself.
  • * 1967 , "The undoing of Dodd", Time , 5 Dec 1967:
    • The six-member Committee on Standards and Conduct unanimously recommended that the Senate censure the Connecticut Democrat for behavior that is "contrary to good morals, derogates from the public trust expected of a Senator, and tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
  • To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
  • * c. 1611 , (William Shakespeare), Cymbeline , II.1:
    • CLOTEN. Is it fit I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation in't?
    SECOND LORD. You cannot derogate , my lord.
  • * Hazlitt
    • Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?

    Usage notes

    The verb form is relatively uncommon, but the related adjective derogatory is common.

    Synonyms

    * decry

    Related terms

    * abrogate * interrogate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) debased
  • :* 1605', Dry up in her the organs of increase, / And from her '''derogate body never spring / A babe to honour her. — William Shakespeare, ''King Lear I.iv

    • Related terms

    * derogatory * derogation * derogative ----