I never thought the human frailty of erring in cases of religion, infamy to a state, no more than to a council: it had therefore been neither civil nor christianly, to derogate the honour of the state for that cause ....
1999, Ziva Kunda, Social Cognition, p. 222:
When the need for self-affirmation is satisfied through other means, one is less compelled to derogate members of negatively setereotyped groups.
2001, Russell Cropanzano, Justice in the Workplace, vol. II, p. 104:
Bandura (1990) gave a related example of gas chamber operators in Nazi prison camps, who found it necessary to derogate and dehumanize their victims rather than become overwhelmed by distress.
puhekieltä To take away (something (m) something else) in a way which leaves it lessened. (defdate)
Sir T. More
Anything (..) that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name.
Burke
It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity.
puhekieltä To remove a part, to detract(m) (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). (defdate)
In doing so she had derogated from her dignity and committed herself.
1946, (w), History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
God does not have the attributes of a Christian Providence, for it would derogate from His perfection to think about anything except what is perfect, i.e. Himself.
1967, "The undoing of Dodd", Time, 5 Dec 1967:
The six-member Committee on Standards and Conduct unanimously recommended that the Senate censure the Connecticut Democrat for behavior that is "contrary to good morals, derogates from the public trust expected of a Senator, and tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
puhekieltä To act in a manner below oneself; to debase oneself. (defdate)
c. 1611, (w), Cymbeline, II.1:
CLOTEN. Is it fit I went to look upon him? Is there no derogation in't?
SECOND LORD. You cannot derogate, my lord.
Hazlitt
Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line?