decry
verbEtymology
C. 1600, from Middle French decrier (“to denigrate; depreciate”), from Old French descrier (“to shout”) (modern décrier). Doublet of descry. The pejorative meaning had not been present in the Middle English loan, but it was present in the French word from at least the 13th century, with a meaning of "to denigrate; depreciate; to announce the depreciation or suppression of a currency", presumably from the interpretation of de- as meaning "down, inferior".
Definitions
To denounce as harmful.
- All of us seem to need some totalistic relationships in our lives. But to decry the fact that we cannot have only such relationships is nonsense.
- While decrying bureaucracy and demanding participatory democracy they, themselves, frequently attempt to manipulate the very group of workers, blacks or students on whose behalf they demand participation.
To blame for ills.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at decry. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at decry. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at decry
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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