Detractor
noun
A person who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly.
Despite the success of the project, there were some detractors who pointed out its flaws.
Often appears as...
- his/her detractors
- despite detractors
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Disapproving
noun
A person who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly.
Despite the success of the project, there were some detractors who pointed out its flaws.
Often appears as...
- his/her detractors
- despite detractors
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Possible Unfairness
Keep in mind 'detractor' may imply that criticism is unfair or not completely justified.
The writer's detractors failed to recognize the historical context of his work.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Criticism
'Detractor' goes beyond 'critic' by suggesting active efforts to discredit.
Even the software's detractors couldn't deny its innovative features.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensified Opposition
A 'detractor' often expresses their criticism repeatedly, not just once.
As a leading scientist, she has her detractors who constantly challenge her theories.
Pro Tip 1/3Possible Unfairness
Keep in mind 'detractor' may imply that criticism is unfair or not completely justified.
The writer's detractors failed to recognize the historical context of his work.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Criticism
'Detractor' goes beyond 'critic' by suggesting active efforts to discredit.
Even the software's detractors couldn't deny its innovative features.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensified Opposition
A 'detractor' often expresses their criticism repeatedly, not just once.
As a leading scientist, she has her detractors who constantly challenge her theories.
Pro Tip 1/3Possible Unfairness
Keep in mind 'detractor' may imply that criticism is unfair or not completely justified.
The writer's detractors failed to recognize the historical context of his work.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Criticism
'Detractor' goes beyond 'critic' by suggesting active efforts to discredit.
Even the software's detractors couldn't deny its innovative features.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensified Opposition
A 'detractor' often expresses their criticism repeatedly, not just once.
As a leading scientist, she has her detractors who constantly challenge her theories.
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Empathy Is Not...
It just means that I'm acknowledging the humanity of someone who was raised to think very differently from me. I also want to be super clear about something. This is not a prescription for activism. I understand that some people don't feel safe talking to their detractors and others feel so marginalized
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The art forger who...
in fact, his life depended on proving that he had committed the fraud. Like many art forgers, Han van Meegeren was an artist whose original works had failed to bring him renown. Embittered towards the art world, van Meegeren set out to make fools of his detractors.
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Winston Groom: The...
drunk found out what kind of whiskey he drinks and send a barrel to rest of my generals if there is no proof that Lincoln actually said that there is evidence and I've seen it that he confronted grants detractors with these words I can't spare that man he fights
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Enough with the fear of...
have told me that the show has changed their lives, how it helped them shift their relationship to their own and other people's bodies, and how it made them confront their own bias. But of course, work that pushes people's buttons is not without its detractors.
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What everyday citizens...
And I fear that if we do not, as the citizenry -- which are, in my opinion, the most important leg of that stool -- don't take our role, then you are right. The detractors, or the people telling you that businesses will prevail, are right. It will happen.
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It Takes a Village PIPE...
produce some eggs well we're stapling down this here wire so that no mink or critters can sneak in while we're not looking the weasels on the mink all work their way up they can chew through stuff and so the wire is definitely going to be a detractor for
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The New Son of God PIPE...
gunmen days after he refused to sell his land to people she said were connected to the kingdom kibbeh Lloyd dismissed the claims was totally false and baseless many of those detractors of ours you know sometimes pick up some of
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Parthenon Battle PIPE...
to remove the marble friezes and take them home to England his partisans say he saved these stunning artworks from vandals who were pulling them apart without him they say the marbles wouldn't exist but to his detractors
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Herring Hazards PIPE...
can't be pulled on deck and his contents are sucked into the ship with a vacuum supporters say it's an effective way to harvest schools of herring detractors say the trawlers are depleting herring in some areas and
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How much will you change...
many insisted they would never replace horses. Less than a century later, people repeated that same prediction about cars, telephones, radio, television, and computers. Each had their own host of detractors.
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Empathy Is Not...
It just means that I'm acknowledging the humanity of someone who was raised to think very differently from me. I also want to be super clear about something. This is not a prescription for activism. I understand that some people don't feel safe talking to their detractors and others feel so marginalized
Video examples
The art forger who...
in fact, his life depended on proving that he had committed the fraud. Like many art forgers, Han van Meegeren was an artist whose original works had failed to bring him renown. Embittered towards the art world, van Meegeren set out to make fools of his detractors.
Video examples
Winston Groom: The...
drunk found out what kind of whiskey he drinks and send a barrel to rest of my generals if there is no proof that Lincoln actually said that there is evidence and I've seen it that he confronted grants detractors with these words I can't spare that man he fights
Video examples
Enough with the fear of...
have told me that the show has changed their lives, how it helped them shift their relationship to their own and other people's bodies, and how it made them confront their own bias. But of course, work that pushes people's buttons is not without its detractors.
Video examples
What everyday citizens...
And I fear that if we do not, as the citizenry -- which are, in my opinion, the most important leg of that stool -- don't take our role, then you are right. The detractors, or the people telling you that businesses will prevail, are right. It will happen.
Video examples
It Takes a Village PIPE...
produce some eggs well we're stapling down this here wire so that no mink or critters can sneak in while we're not looking the weasels on the mink all work their way up they can chew through stuff and so the wire is definitely going to be a detractor for
Video examples
The New Son of God PIPE...
gunmen days after he refused to sell his land to people she said were connected to the kingdom kibbeh Lloyd dismissed the claims was totally false and baseless many of those detractors of ours you know sometimes pick up some of
Video examples
Parthenon Battle PIPE...
to remove the marble friezes and take them home to England his partisans say he saved these stunning artworks from vandals who were pulling them apart without him they say the marbles wouldn't exist but to his detractors
Video examples
Herring Hazards PIPE...
can't be pulled on deck and his contents are sucked into the ship with a vacuum supporters say it's an effective way to harvest schools of herring detractors say the trawlers are depleting herring in some areas and
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How much will you change...
many insisted they would never replace horses. Less than a century later, people repeated that same prediction about cars, telephones, radio, television, and computers. Each had their own host of detractors.
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Shelby Steele
American Author
In talking with affirmative-action administrators and with blacks and whites in general, I found that supporters of affirmative action focus on its good intentions and detractors emphasize its negative effects. It was virtually impossible to find people outside either camp.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors.' Everyone knows this.
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Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
Once I turned 40, I stopped giving a rip about my detractors, the people who say nasty things. It's more candid and honest than it would have been. I share my failures, which is important.
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Phil Anselmo
American Musician
You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you, and that's how it's perfectly balanced and the world spins on.
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Dave Morris
British Author
Literary fiction - if we must use the term - is not the plotless, meandering indulgence that its detractors would have you believe.
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Trudie Styler
English Actress
I have such a fortunate life that of course I will have my detractors. I have a very endowed life.
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Pete Hoekstra
American Politician
Obamacare became the disaster that its detractors always said that it would become.
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Vijender Singh
Indian Athlete
Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.
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Thom Tillis
American Politician
You're always going to have your detractors.
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Shelby Steele
American Author
In talking with affirmative-action administrators and with blacks and whites in general, I found that supporters of affirmative action focus on its good intentions and detractors emphasize its negative effects. It was virtually impossible to find people outside either camp.
Quote examples
Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: 'Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors.' Everyone knows this.
Quote examples
Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
Once I turned 40, I stopped giving a rip about my detractors, the people who say nasty things. It's more candid and honest than it would have been. I share my failures, which is important.
Quote examples
Phil Anselmo
American Musician
You're always going to have detractors, and you're always going to have people who love you, and that's how it's perfectly balanced and the world spins on.
Quote examples
Dave Morris
British Author
Literary fiction - if we must use the term - is not the plotless, meandering indulgence that its detractors would have you believe.
Quote examples
Trudie Styler
English Actress
I have such a fortunate life that of course I will have my detractors. I have a very endowed life.
Quote examples
Pete Hoekstra
American Politician
Obamacare became the disaster that its detractors always said that it would become.
Quote examples
Vijender Singh
Indian Athlete
Scrutiny has never scared me because I have had detractors all my life.
Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.
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Thom Tillis
American Politician
You're always going to have your detractors.
Example 1 of 10
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