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diminishmentnoun the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportantshe grew increasingly resentful of her coworker's constant diminishment of her new project ideas belittlement, denigration, deprecation, depreciation, derogation, detraction, disparagement, put-down aspersion, backbiting, calumny, defamation, libel, slander, vilificationderision, mockery, ridiculeabuse, invective, vituperationcensure, condemnation, criticism, denouncement, denunciationde-emphasis, minimization, soft-pedaling aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, glorification, magnification acclaim, praiseapprobation, approval, blessing, commendationhype, puffery the amount by which something is lessenedthere was a sharp diminishment in our savings after the college tuition bill was paid abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, dent, depletion, depression, diminution, drop, drop-off, fall, falloff, loss, reduction, shrinkage, step-down deduction, subtractiondownturn, slip, slumpcurtailment, cut, cutback, retrenchment, shortening boost, enlargement, gain, increase, increment, raise, rise, step-up, uptick accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplementcontinuation, extensionupswing, uptrend, upturn |