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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|detractour||obsolete|rare}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|detractor}}, {{m|enm|dectractour}}, from {{der|en|xno|detractour}}, from {{der|en|fro|detractor}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-detractor.wav|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A person who [[belittle]]s the worth of another person or [[cause]].
#: {{syn|en|slanderer|libeler|cynic|mudslinger|defamer|critic}}
#: {{ant|en|proponent|promoter|supporter}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=15 November 2012|author=Tom Lamont|journal=The Daily Telegraph|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world
|passage=Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their '''detractors''' groan.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|detractress
|race detractor}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|a person that belittles the worth of another person or cause}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|злословник|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|odpůrce|m}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|kritikaster|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|vähättelijä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|détracteur|m}}, {{t|fr|détracteuse|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Lästerer|m}}, {{t|de|Verleumder|m}}, {{t+|de|Lästermaul|n}}, {{t+|de|Spötter|m}}
* Greek: {{t|el|δυσφημιστής|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cáinteoir|m}}
* Latin: {{t|la|dētractor|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بدگو|tr=bad-gu}}, {{t|fa|عیب‌جو|tr='eyb-ju}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|клеветни́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|клеветни́ца|f}}, {{t+|ru|очерни́тель|m}}, {{t+|ru|очерни́тельница|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|detraedor|m}}, {{t+|es|detractor|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|belackare|c}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=acdeorrtt|tractored}}

{{C|en|People}}

==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|dētractor}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|dētractor<3>}}

# [[#English|detractor]], [[disparager]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|dētractor<3>}}

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=dētractor}}

# {{inflection of|la|dētractō||1|s|pres|pasv|indc}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:Elementary Lewis}}
* {{R:Gaffiot}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|détracteur}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|m|detractori}}

# {{l|en|detractor}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-m}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|es|Borrowing (from English or otherwise) or inherited?}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|f=+}}

# {{l|en|detractor}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}