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Belittling of French drawing (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detraction

'belittling' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'of french drawing' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'drawing' becomes 'traction' (process of drawing or dragging).
'de'+'traction'='DETRACTION'

(Other definitions for detraction that I've seen before include "Disparagement" , "Slander" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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