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Desestima

Definition of Desestima

Third person singular action of losing esteem or appreciation for someone or something. That is, to have little value at it. For example: She always desestima what I do for us.

It is about the denial of something by someone, especially when it is done through the power figures of a territory. An example would be: The Central Electoral Board desestima the request for surveillance cameras in the next elections. 

SYNONYMS FOR DESESTIMA

  1. Discard
  2. Disapprove
  3. Denies

ANTONYMS FOR DESESTIMA

  1. You accept
  2. Esteem
  3. Approve

ORIGIN OF DESESTIMA

Desestima is the third person singular conjugation of the intransitive verb “desestimar”. The latter comes from the Latin terms des and aestimare which mean successively “to deprive of something” and “to esteem”. That is to say, it is literally “depriving of esteem”.

This term is closely linked to the legal and administrative field where various petitions or initiatives can be dismissed. Also, in human relationships it is disregarded when one person feels a lack of affection towards another.

CURIOSITIES OF DESESTIMA

In law the word desestima is used to indicate when a request or proposal has been denied. However, its application is given for various topics of everyday life.