The Only Use of
deprecate
in
Brave New World
- But Bernard would not be cheered; without answering, without even looking at Helmholtz, he went and sat down on the most uncomfortable chair in the room, carefully chosen in the obscure hope of somehow deprecating the wrath of the higher powers.†
p. 217.7deprecating = belittling or disapproving OR belittling (minimizing or diminishing the value of) oneself
Definitions:
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(1)
(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The form, deprecating, is sometimes used as a short form of self-deprecating -- meaning to belittle oneself or one's own ideas.