Definition of "belittlement" [belittlement]

• An act of belittling (noun)

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• ""Harken, Bauheen, to what I shall deliver to you, and never after­wards let a word pass your lips in belittlement of Patrick.""
• "Many of her normal responsibilities had been taken away from her as a result of her pregnancy, and her colleagues' once respectful treatment had shifted to subtle and not-so-subtle belittlement."
• "He simply describes the scene of sitting with his brothers in their truck and watching the cruel belittlement play out."