Word for undervaluing or ‘one upping’ someone else’s achievements

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I’m in a community where theres a lot of people who share a milestone/achievement or difficult experience, that is almost always followed by someone who goes “yea well I achieved X”, so as to undermine(?) the other.
The urban dictionary definition of “one upper” is pretty much it but I'm looking for a more appropriate word

Elliot · Answer

One-upping is the common phrase for putting down another's achievement.
The practice of One-upmanship is longstanding and much more subtle than just saying out loud what you did to top the other's victories.
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Anton · Answer

Such a person is a

One-upman = A person who practises one-upmanship.
Oxford Lexico

Oneupmanship = a situation in which someone does or says something in order to prove that they are better than someone else
Cambridge Dictionary

I suspect that the term is more British, the alternative topper pertaining more to American usage. But I cannot substantiate this with Google ngram so hope others will comment.

Word for undervaluing or ‘one upping’ someone else’s achievements

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