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Definition of Belittles
1. belittle [v] - See also: belittle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belittles
Literary usage of Belittles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theology and the Social Consciousness: A Study of the Relations of the by Henry Churchill King (1902)
"... neither an empty negation nor pantheism can ever satisfy it. 3. Belittles the
Personal in Man.—The false mysticism, moreover, belittles the personal in ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"The woman who belittles her home. The woman who degrades her home. Of course
first, there is the woman who dignifies her home. • THE WOMAN WHO NEGLECTS НЕЕ ..."
3. Oral English: Directions and Exercises for Planning and Delivering the by John Marks Brewer (1916)
"The Monroe Doctrine has ceased to be a benefit to the American republics, for T.
It belittles them in the eyes of other nations. 2. ..."
4. The Ohio Educational Monthly and the National Teacher: A Journal of Education by Ohio State Teachers Association (1887)
"We often hear it said that teaching school belittles a man and sours a woman.
To this we take exception, and say that it is the ' narrow school-keeper' that ..."
5. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain (1896)
"a Power whose dominion overshadows and belittles earthly empire as earthly empire
overshadows and belittles the pomps ..."