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Belittle being anti-greed perhaps (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

denigrate

'belittle' is the definition.
(I know that belittle can be written as denigrate)

'anti-greed perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'anti'+'greed'='antigreed'
'antigreed' is an anagram of 'DENIGRATE'.

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for denigrate that I've seen before include "Criticise, belittle" , "Blacken" , "put down" , "Run down" , "Unfairly criticise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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