Used in a Sentence

derogation

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for derogation.

Editorial note

A microassault is an explicit racial derogation characterized primarily by a verbal or nonverbal attack meant to hurt the intended victim.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

An act which belittles; disparagement.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of derogation gathered in one view.

noun

An act which belittles; disparagement.

noun

(law) The act of derogating; the temporary or partial nullification of a law.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for derogation.

Example sentences

1

A microassault is an explicit racial derogation characterized primarily by a verbal or nonverbal attack meant to hurt the intended victim.

2

Freely allowing derogation of authorship soon fosters derogation of responsibility.

3

Results show that oxytocin creates intergroup bias because oxytocin motivates in-group favoritism and, to a lesser extent, out-group derogation.

4

As for derogation--if you think your post wasn't derogatory, you should try getting outside your own head for a bit.

5

Because this is so, a district court can only impose consecutive sentences in derogation of U.

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Experiments 1 and 2 used the Implicit Association Test to assess in-group favoritism and out-group derogation.

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That permission is now revoked (or will be when the derogation they were trying to extend expires in two weeks).

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All of that, of course, is exactly the same regardless of whether or not there is a formal process of derogation.

9

The amendment 34 (by Markéta Gregorová, Greens/EFA) to the Sippel Report A10-0040/2026 significantly restricts the ePrivacy derogation (chat control extension until 2027).

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So you ended up with every computer system being protected and a derogation of freedom at a scale unimaginable in the physical world.

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The European Parliament has sent a clear signal: it is time to put an end to this ineffective and disproportionate derogation from privacy rules.

12

That would be derogation by the back door, as it were.

Quote examples

1

It's already called "Extension of the temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive to combat online child sexual abuse".

2

The "EU passed a temporary derogation" to the ePrivacy Directive in 2021 "called Chat Control 1.0 by critics" [1].

3

I'll agree to the jist of your "opposing argument" above, except for the uncomfortable tone, and this derogation: > It really is a supreme sense of entitlement.

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> who thought he would look like a "suave gangster" I think it was intended as adorable, humorous self-derogation on authors part.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use derogation in a sentence?

A microassault is an explicit racial derogation characterized primarily by a verbal or nonverbal attack meant to hurt the intended victim.

What does derogation mean?

An act which belittles; disparagement.

What part of speech is derogation?

derogation is commonly used as noun.