smallening

_Esprit de corps_ is _the_ virtue above all others which we, as members of this school, should seek to attain, and, in the very nature of things, nothing so entirely kills it as any self-seeking; while if you wish to be worth anything as an individual, remember that nothing is so smallening, so alien to any true greatness -- to the most far-off touch of greatness -- as the wish to be Number One.

Stray Thoughts for Girls Lucy H. M. Soulsby

Obviously, we need a smallening of the list and a biggening of its enforcement, but only if these both happen together.

Lowering the Bar 2009