unbelittling

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From un- +‎ belittling.

Adjective

[edit]

unbelittling (comparative more unbelittling, superlative most unbelittling)

  1. (rare) Not belittling.
    • 1997, Frederic Raphael, The necessity of anti-semitism, page 87:
      When people can no longer disagree intelligibly, a society disintegrates; where they need interpreters, they cannot either unite or emerge from conflict into unbelittling compromise.
    • 1993, Clayton L. N. Robinson, J.C. Boileau Grant: anatomist extraordinary, page 111:
      He is learned, dramatic, and unbelittling. Perhaps the gentleness and wisdom that come with age allow this man to teach as few are able.