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Belittling vs Obtrectation - What's the difference?

belittling | obtrectation |

As nouns the difference between belittling and obtrectation

is that belittling is belittlement while obtrectation is (obsolete) disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander.

As a verb belittling

is .

belittling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • belittlement
  • * 1988 , Dennis Marcellino, Sweeping it under the drug (page 123)
    • And usually this manifests as them trying to prove their parent's criticism's and belittlings wrong.

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    obtrectation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander.
  • *, I.2.5.i:
  • *:For as anger, fear, sorrow, obtrectation , emulation, etc.cause grievous diseases in the body, so bodily diseases affect the soul by consent.