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disparagement vs belittlement

belittlement vs disparagement

disparagement and belittlement both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disparagement Yes No No No
belittlement Yes No No No
As nouns, belittlement is a hyponym of disparagement; that is, belittlement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disparagement:
  • disparagement: the act of speaking contemptuously of
  • belittlement: the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant.
Other hyponyms of disparagement include belittling, denigration, deprecation, detraction.
disparagement (noun) belittlement (noun)
the act of speaking contemptuously of the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant.
a communication that belittles somebody or something
Difference between disparagement and belittlement

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