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
The loss of a child, precarious finances and fear of belittlement from their white neighbors confound an immigrant family from Taiwan.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2019
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
Swinburne, however, was a great musician in verse and beyond belittlement in this regard.
From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert