parvanimity means The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PARVANIMITY — [Noun] The state or quality of possessing a small or ignoble mind; pettiness of spirit. From the Latin parvus ("little, small") + animus ("mind, spirit") + the English suffix -ity (denoting a state or quality). Unlike magnanimity, which denotes a spacious nobility of spirit, or pusillanimity, a chronic lack of courage, parvanimity is the architectural smallness of a chronically cramped soul. It is the bureaucrat's delight in denying a request on a technicality, the meticulous tallying of a minor debt long forgiven, the careful cultivation of a grudge where a flower might have grown—a world shrunk to the dimensions of a life measured out in inches, where the spirit forgets it was meant for more than a life conducted entirely in the minor key.
noun
- The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.“I coin this word parvanimity as an adequate antithesis to magnanimity”