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'''Denigration''' is speaking ill of, defaming, [[malign]]ing, belittling, damaging or otherwise [[sully]]ing the [[character]] and good name of someone, or to downplay their contribution in some way.  

'''Denigration''' is speaking ill of, defaming, [[malign]]ing, belittling, damaging or otherwise [[sully]]ing the [[character]] and good name of someone, or to downplay their contribution in some way. Examples include:

e.g. Some [[liberals|people]] insist that the [[Vikings]] discovered North [[America]] before [[Christopher Columbus]], thereby denigrating Columbus's role in [[history]].

*Some [[liberals|people]] insist that the [[Vikings]] discovered North [[America]] before [[Christopher Columbus]], thereby denigrating Columbus's role in [[history]].

*Another denigrating claim is to say that Charles Darwin was a racist in order to disprove the theory of evolution <ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Evolution</ref>.

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