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Definition of Belittlers
1. belittler [n] - See also: belittler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belittlers
Literary usage of Belittlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Revolution of the Twentieth Century: A Prospective History by Henry Lazarus (1897)
"... and patriotic abhorrence has unduly warmed the historian against the belittlers
of all that was glorious in England, and perilled his impartiality, ..."
2. The Bookman (1906)
"And for the reassurance of certain belittlers of The Virginian, let me at once
record one noticeable difference. Three or four years ago Mr. Wister must ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"... though this "eight-line stanza of the Italians," as the belittlers call it,
had been used in Italy and in other countries for hundreds of years, ..."
4. Mezzotints in Modern Music: Brahms, Tchaïkowsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss by James G. Huneker (1899)
"... and versatility are the utterances of these three masterful artists when
compared with the narrow, provincial and parochial efforts of their belittlers! ..."
5. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Even the belittlers of Germany have never denied that the German mind is devoted
to thoroughness and seriousness, to carefulness and lawfulness, ..."
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