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diminishmentsnounpl. of diminishment 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 belittlements, denigrations, deprecations, depreciations, derogations, detractions, disparagements, put-downs aspersions, calumnies, defamations, libels, slanders, vilificationsderisions, mockeries, ridiculesabuses, invectives, vituperationscensures, condemnations, criticisms, denouncements, denunciationsde-emphases, minimizations aggrandizements, ennoblements, exaltations, glorifications, magnifications acclaim, praisesapprobations, approvals, blessings, commendationshypes, pufferies the amount by which something is lessenedthere was a sharp diminishment in our savings after the college tuition bill was paid abatements, declines, decreases, decrements, dents, depletions, depressions, diminutions, drop-offs, drops, falloffs, falls, losses, reductions, shrinkages, step-downs deductions, subtractionsdownturns, slips, slumpscurtailments, cutbacks, cuts, retrenchments, shortenings boosts, enlargements, gains, increases, increments, raises, rises, step-ups, upticks accretions, accruals, accumulations, additions, supplementscontinuations, extensionsupswings, uptrends, upturns |