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

Couldn’t $100 million be better spent directly helping the victims of bigotry and belittlement?

From Washington Post • May 1, 2022

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

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 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

Their gaze by ordinary troubled you, as seeming to hint some knowledge to your belittlement.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch