derogate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛɹəɡeɪt/
Forms: form: derogates
form: derogating
form: derogated
form: derogated
Etymology: Inherited from Late Middle English derogaten, from derogat(e) (“annulled, abrogated”, used participially and later as the past participle of derogaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) borrowed from Latin dērogātus, perfect passive participle of dērogō (“to annul, repeal part of a law, take away, detract from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“from”) + rogō (“to ask, enquire; to propose a law”). Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Senses: examples: text: By several contrary customs, […] many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated.
ref: 1713, Matthew Hale, A History and Analysis of the Common Law of England:
glosses: To partially repeal (a law etc.).
examples: text: 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 [...].
ref: 1642, John Milton, An Apology for Smectymnuus:
text: When the need for self-affirmation is satisfied through other means, one is less compelled to derogate members of negatively stereotyped groups.
ref: 1999, Ziva Kunda, Social Cognition, page 222:
text: 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.
ref: 2001, Russell Cropanzano, Justice in the Workplace, volume II, page 104:
synonyms: vilify
depreciate
decry
antonyms: praise#Verb
laud#Verb
glorify
glosses: To detract from (something); to disparage, belittle.
examples: text: Anything […] that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name.
ref: 1532, Thomas More, The Supper of the Lord:
text: It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
ref: 1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To take away (something from something else) in a way which leaves it lessened.
examples: text: In doing so she had derogated from her dignity and committed herself.
ref: 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 147:
text: 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.
ref: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
text: 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."
ref: 1967 December 5, “The undoing of Dodd”, in Time:
glosses: To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.).
examples: text: CLOTEN. Is it fit I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation in't?
SECOND LORD. You cannot derogate, my lord.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?
ref: 1830 August, William Hazlitt, edited by P.P. Howe, The Complete Works of William Hazlitt, published 1967, page 302:
glosses: To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself.
Derived terms: derogatable
derogately
underogating