abasement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abasement
Noun
  • Scars from last week’s humiliation at Utah seemed raw when Colorado returned home Saturday night.
    Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • In DaCosta’s film, Hedda’s scheme to stall Lovborg’s comeback is drawn out with more detailed scheming, including implicating Lovborg in a public humiliation of Professor Greenwood (Finbar Lynch), who is responsible for deciding the recipient of the professorship.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Higgins also debunked the debasement trade hypothesis.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The immediate goal of this concerted information operation is the debasement of American Jews, but the more politically salient goal is the gaslighting of American evangelical Christians—the very core of the MAGA base, and an overwhelmingly pro-Jewish, pro-Israel constituency at that.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Abasement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abasement. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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