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Definition of Putdowns
1. putdown [n] - See also: putdown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putdowns
Literary usage of Putdowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Emotions: Version 1.0 by Mark Devon (2006)
"Verbal Expressions Anger's verbal expressions include profanity, but exclude
putdowns. Profanity is subtle snarling. Profane words show your teeth. ..."
2. A Few Kind Words about Hate: The Dark Side of Family Life and the Bible by Una Stannard (2007)
"... that they'd once been the putdowns her parents had directed at her, putdowns
that the chemistry of schizophrenia brewed into damnations. ..."
3. Hatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay by Michael Bochenek, A. Widney Brown (2001)
"... "I'll tell my students, 'I don't want any putdowns on anybody on anything here.
Here no one's going to be calling anybody a fag, a hick, a nerd, ..."
4. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"... the emotions are a confrontation of two negative self images, dormant within
the personalities until someone triggers them off. The mutual putdowns are ..."
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