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What does belittle mean?

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  1. (derogatory) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is. [from 1782]
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In ignorance, they seek to belittle it and minimise its importance to the individual.
I've always believed that anti-feminism at its most insidious gets women to belittle and undermine each other.
And she would belittle people with her technospeak to make them look stupid.
If you belittle their opinions or dismiss their problems, they'll stop talking to you.
And who should know better than he that it is craven to belittle a man's service because it didn't extend over some arbitrary stretch of time?
I have learnt never to underestimate the worth of young people, nor to ridicule or belittle them.

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