detraction

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of detracting something, or something detracted; taking away; diminution.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The act of revealing previously unknown faults of another person to a third person.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/dɪˈtɹækʃən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English detraction, detraccion, detraccioun, from Old French detraccion, from Latin dētractiō.

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