belittlement

"There are ways of doing things that don't ostracise people or belittle them. I don't like belittlement."

Scott was in the room, and Trump called him out for special attention and some light belittlement.

“I don’t care if he’s a Republican,” Mr. Trump said of his belittlement of Mr. DeSantis at a November gathering of the Republican Party of Florida — the governor’s home turf.

“Lead the conversation with kindness and empathy, not anger or belittlement,” says Nofzigar.

Instead of asking Grace for the millionth time how her spouse's latest belittlement makes her feel, Jimmy erupts with an ultimatum: leave her husband, or he'll terminate their therapy.