Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abasement
Noun
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Lasting under eight minutes, the sketch evokes German uniform worship and the accompanying demand for humiliation as powerfully as the stern psychosocial analysis of the day did.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025 -
Public humiliation techniques for playful hazing, such as karaoke and talent shows, are used on occasion.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Higgins also debunked the debasement trade hypothesis.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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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 14 Nov. 2025.
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