belittlement

And not only that, but (and I say this in solidarity, not belittlement) the African humidity had wreaked havoc on her hair.

Many of them surpass it in grandeur, and this belittlement of our globe shows a more sublime ideal of God.

This I call the danger of perfection, our possible belittlement through beauty.

It was their back-parlour misinterpretation and belittlement of Nature that made these modern Philistines worship her.

For Archie they had, one and all, a sensitive affection and respect which recoiled from a word of belittlement.

He advised his followers to "play the game" and let the new member have his triumph without belittlement.