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abasement

[uh-beys-muhnt] / əˈbeɪs mənt /


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Or by observing the climate of denunciation and abasement in various cultural spaces, from academic journals to law schools to the publishing industry.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2021

A lesser songwriter would either paint the couple in a false glow of romance or wallow in the tawdry abasement.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2019

Yet in some ways, the public abasement of Pence is good for all sides — including for Pence.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2019

Chris is only one of his many admirers, and so her devotion takes on an air of ritual abasement before a Great Man.

From The New Yorker • May 15, 2017

They even join in the “Wal-Mart cheer” when required to do so at meetings, I’m told by the evening fitting room lady, though I am fortunate enough never to witness this final abasement.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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