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belittlement
be·lit·tle B0171200 (bĭ-lĭt′l)tr.v. be·lit·tled, be·lit·tling, be·lit·tles 1. To represent or speak of as unimportant or contemptible: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. See Synonyms at disparage.2. To cause to seem little or smaller than something else: "Away on the very edge of the cliffs, close under the sky, were pines, belittled by distance" (Stewart Edward White). be·lit′tle·ment n.be·lit′tler n.ThesaurusbelittlementnounThe act or an instance of belittling:denigration, deprecation, depreciation, derogation, detraction, disparagement, minimization.Translationsbelittlement
Synonyms for belittlementnoun the act or an instance of belittlingSynonyms- denigration
- deprecation
- depreciation
- derogation
- detraction
- disparagement
- minimization
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