belittlement

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

He unleashed diplomats and nationalistic youths who would roar back any hint of criticism or belittlement.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Years of belittlement from self-important correspondents have obviously stuck with Rosen, given what he writes about them.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021

I disliked enclosure, and as I came to consciousness I objected to the belittlement of earthly life I heard too often—but not from my parents.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2019

"Thou art well enough as thou art," comforted her father, trying to hide his pride in her under frowning brows, and to sterilize the praise with a tone of belittlement.

From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto