Belittlement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an act of belittling countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant. wordnet

Synonyms

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backbitingbelittlingcalumnycharacter assassinationdefamationdenigration

Etymology

From belittle + -ment.

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