Definition of Belittlement

1. Noun. An act of belittling ¹

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Definition of Belittlement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belittlement

beliking
belimb
belime
belimp
belimumab
belinkedness
belinostat
beliquor
beliquored
beliquoring
beliquors
belirt
belitter
belittle
belittled
belittlement (current term)
belittlements
belittler
belittlers
belittles
belittling
belittlingly
belive
beliven
belives
beliving
belk
belked
belking
belkovite

Literary usage of Belittlement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Paralysis of the Insane by William Julius Mickle (1886)
"Delusions of belittlement. Others have the delusion that they have become ... This condition, which I term delusions of belittlement ; which is often called ..."

2. 'Clarion' Fallacies: A Reply to Mr. Robert Blatchford's Strictures Upon by Frank Ballard (1908)
"The " impertinence'' of the suggested belittlement is the sole invention of the writer, who interprets " prayer" as mere selfish begging, and " praise" as ..."

3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"But this is only a miserable specialisation and belittlement of the word "morality." In the larger sense, Shakespeare's morals are distinguished and ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"But it ie no belittlement of the laurels of Sir Henry Bessemer, the inventor who has made all this possible, to point to the fact that the success of his ..."

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