denigration (http://definr.com/denigration)
n 1: a belittling comment [syn: belittling]
2: the act of depreciating [syn: deprecation]
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do; and for the people who like country music, denigrate means "put down".
-- Bob Newhart
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