etymology - Is denigrate a racist word? - English Language Usage . . . Unlike "denigrate" it is close enough to n***** that the average person would think it would be some racist term And if it is used towards a black person, with the full intention that it shouldn't be recognised and be taken as a racist term, with the predictable consequences, that is absolutely racist In a cowardly way
single word requests - Verb for making someone an enemy - English . . . denigrate To make someone, or someone's achievements, seem worthless When "denigrate" was first used in English in the 16th century, it meant to cast aspersions on someone's character or reputation Eventually, it developed a second sense of "to make black" ("factory smoke denigrated the sky"), but this sense is somewhat rare in modern usage
One word for put something to a lower form level grade Is there a word for "put something to a lower form level grade (than it should be)"? All I can think of are reduce cast something low But I would like to assert the sense that the ob
Why is there confusion between depreciated and deprecated? Deprecated is normally used today for some feature of a computer language which is still supported, but no longer recommended It may not be supported at some time in the future, because it doesn't fit well with the way the language is being developed There's no substantive difference in meaning between deprecated and obsolete for that "no longer recommended" computer sense But obsolete is