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Recent Examples of abjection The kinds that imagine women’s sexuality beyond the limitations of abjection. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 Her experience taught her both the power and the abjection of a life lived on public display. Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024 How much provocation will be accepted; how much abjection is still lovable? Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024 Their work forgoes relatability to revel in delusion, with all its abjection and pathos—especially their own. Seyward Darby, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for abjection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abjection
Noun
  • In regions affected by conflict, natural disasters or climate degradation, these irreplaceable sites and items are in jeopardy.
    Sattie Persaud, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • Both research teams documented severe performance degradation on problems requiring extended systematic reasoning.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The film's themes of corruption and the brave whistleblowers who expose it feel particularly apt in this current moment.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 5 June 2025
  • In the early two-thousands, he was found to have misrepresented himself as a prosecutor to help a journalist investigate a mayor suspected of corruption; he was accused of having an extramarital affair; his son reportedly posted misogynistic comments online.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025

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“Abjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abjection. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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