abjection
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
- (countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable) Something cast off; garbage.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of casting off; rejection.
- (countable, uncountable) The fact of being marginalized as deviant.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
Synonyms
reduction to the ranks
Translations
abjection
abyección
vernedering
degradazione
degradació
abjeção
DegradierungPronounced as (IPA)
/æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiōn-, from Latin abiectus (“cast down”). * See abject.
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