Detractory
//dɪˈtɹæktəɹi// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory. archaic
"For this is not only derogatory unto the wisdom of God, who hath proposed the World unto out knowledge, and thereby the notion of Himself; but also detractory unto the intellect, and sense of man expressedly disposed for that inquisition."
Example
More examples"For this is not only derogatory unto the wisdom of God, who hath proposed the World unto out knowledge, and thereby the notion of Himself; but also detractory unto the intellect, and sense of man expressedly disposed for that inquisition."
Etymology
From Latin dētractōrius, from dētractor.
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