demean
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“We are innately biased against outsiders,” writes David Livingstone Smith in his book “Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others.”
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Thy humble mien is fitting, girl, but I Am modest, and, thus far, will graciously Demean myself.
From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Gilmore, Marion Forster
Demean is related to demeanor and means "behave."
From Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
Demean, de-mēn′, v.t. to make mean: to lower.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Demean is often used reproachfully because of its supposed relation to mean.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
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