abjection

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
  2. (countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable) Something cast off; garbage.
  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of casting off; rejection.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The fact of being marginalized as deviant.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.

Pronounced 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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