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downvote

noun
/ˈdaʊnˌvəʊt/UK/ˈdaʊnˌvoʊt/US

Etymology

From down- + vote.

  1. derived from *h₁wegʷʰ-✻ — “to promise, to vow”
  2. derived from vōtum
  3. prefixed as downvote — “down + vote”

Definitions

  1. A vote against something that reduces a cumulative tally of popularity.

  2. To vote against, reducing a cumulative tally of popularity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downvote. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA