Denigration
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Denigration is speaking ill of, defaming, maligning, belittling, damaging or otherwise sullying the character and good name of someone, or to downplay their contribution in some way.
e.g. Some people insist that the Vikings never discovered North America, thereby denigrating the role of Christian Vikings like Leif Erikson in history.