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Detractory

//dɪˈtɹæktəɹi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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."

Etymology

From Latin dētractōrius, from dētractor.

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