as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
sees the corporate scandal as yet another sign of the general abjection of our society
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Recent Examples of abjection
The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence.
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Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abjection
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This natural degradation in data characteristics means an AI that once performed well might start making errors as its environment evolves.—
Ronen Cojocaru,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Despite the degradation of its military capabilities, Iran can leverage proxies, criminal organizations abroad, and cyberattacks to hit Israeli, and possibly U.S., targets.—
Nakissa Jahanbani,
The Conversation,
20 June 2025
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Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office claims that corruption tied to these export permits cost the state 12.3 trillion rupiah ($755 million).—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
18 June 2025
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Maybe the game doesn’t die in corruption but in the apathy of those who stop caring.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Abjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abjection. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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