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abasement

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as in humiliation

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Recent Examples of abasement Your historical victory is your reward for your historical abasement. — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026

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Flanagan has to reach a bit to find something new to say here, since the 2002 Carrie already touched on school violence in a post-Columbine world, while the tech-savvier 2013 movie turned Carrie’s humiliation into a viral video.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
This anecdote is delivered in song, which somehow makes the humiliation worse — and more savagely humorous.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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