demeaning
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Bureaucrats have bristled at the term as misleading and demeaning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
Losing your job might be demeaning, but losing your integrity for the shot at a job is dehumanizing.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
Especially when it became clear that the writers thought it made perfect sense to keep Carrie and Aidan’s children separate — so unbelievable, and demeaning to both characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
“We are diminishing and demeaning the quality of our public environment, because we’re responding to this social and economic problem without treating the cause.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
I advocated that we should remain seated, as it was demeaning to have to recognize the enemy when he did not recognize us as political prisoners.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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