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Definition of Belittlements
1. belittlement [n] - See also: belittlement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belittlements
Literary usage of Belittlements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Formative Types in English Poetry: The Earl Lectures of 1917 by George Herbert Palmer (1918)
"... Herbert allows this to dictate congenial circumstances, to color all details
with its influence, to eliminate the belittlements of reality, ..."
2. G. F. Watts: Reminiscences by Mrs. Russell Barrington (1905)
"... in the world's history of art and literature, any comparison with these and
his own work depressed him greatly, and led to belittlements of self. ..."
3. The Story of the American Soldier in War and Peace by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1889)
"... temper in any degree the vanity, the ambition and the venomous rivalries of
the man who displaced Schuyler and listened to belittlements of Washington. ..."
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