as in defamations
the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant
an unconscionable belittlement of his assistant in public
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Noun
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But DuBois has written a usefully ambivalent book, one that looks for a way to reconcile younger writers’ criticisms of Stanton with her own loyalty to the early women’s-rights activists.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026 -
Playing with Connor McDavid One of the lazier criticisms of Bouchard comes from his playing time with Connor McDavid.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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But Love Story offers its condemnations without seeming to wonder whether a work of semi-fiction—a full-scale imagining of two people’s lives—is a paparazzo by other means.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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The country had yet to hold the first Marcos to account for plunder and human-rights abuses, and this election seemed an exoneration of both his and Rodrigo Duterte’s sins.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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None said their children told them about the abuses.—
Mark Banchereau,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Belittlements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belittlements. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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