belittlement

Further, it is a belittlement of forces of his own country.

To hold otherwise were a blasphemy and a belittlement of God.

This is a display of affection and acceptance rather than belittlement.

However, some scholars deny such a belittlement of key sources from the era.

It is a bargain struck at the very beginning in which she settled for a general belittlement of everything, the good and the bad.

Perhaps turning on a fire hose of belittlement it is just one way of getting your arms around a fear.

"My Grandpa only knew one solution to any belittlement or perceived slight - a fight.

The belittlement of individual creativity, and the triumph of anonymous product.

Verbal belittlement, with such words as slave, boy, girl, missy, and pet.

The belittlement of football is truly the sweet revenge of the nerds.

George Orwell called him, "a master of belittlement.

It's easy to dismiss the belittlement of Bush, but some of his celebrity critics go over the top, painting the president as an evil man.

Your criticism limited to straw man belittlement.

They fear retribution from bosses, or belittlement, or feel in jeopardy from unsafe environments.

Farva's motivation arose from his constant belittlement by the other troopers, but he relents and wants to make amends.

The American belittlement of these efforts betrays a strategy that enhances global anarchy in the name of preserving national sovereignty.

Mr. Cutler's belittlement of the prosecutors provoked occasional smiles from the jury and laughter from the 200 spectators.

Her distaste came from their belittlement of the West and their authors, and the fact they did not accept Bierce's work.

The difficulty does not seem to be overt discrimination, or an unwillingness to celebrate women's accomplishments, although subtle forms of neglect, belittlement and cliqueism continue.

Just as a husband may beat his wife, or a wife pare her husband's soul with belittlement, so may a human dominate his Wit partner.

Dale remained unfriendly and sometimes aggressive, while Burns was unresponsive, occasionally varying his attitude of indifference with a touch of belittlement.

"Dreams, Berkeley," said Lamont Cranston, spreading his arms in belittlement of his friend's theory.