parvanimity

noun

par·​va·​nim·​i·​ty

ˌpärvəˈnimətē

plural -es

: the quality or state of having a little or ignoble mind : meanness

—opposed to magnanimity

Word History

Etymology

parv- + -animity (as in magnanimity)

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