detractory

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In the narrower sense of the term, miracle,—that is, a consequent presented to the outward senses without an adequate antecedent, ejusdem generis,—it is not only false but detractory from the Christian religion.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

He was but condemning himself when he wrote some of the detractory things he did in the Pall Mall Magazine about the Edinburgh Edition, etc. 

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

Florence, fearing and hating Valentinois as she does, would doubtless take pleasure in detractory advices.

From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Sabatini, Rafael