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Recent Examples of humiliation
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.
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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
The ghosts of a 37-0 shutout to Iowa less than a month ago still lingered — the boos that faded into silence, the homecoming crowd that emptied before the fourth quarter, the scoreboard stuck on humiliation.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
What Macfadyen brings to both roles is a glorious command of humiliation.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Vacancy was low, hitting just 2 percent in some boroughs, and trying to sign a lease became a new ritual of humiliation.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has taken decisive action following the controversy surrounding the public humiliation of Mexican contestant Fátima Bosch.
—Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Continue reading … WAR OF WORDS – AOC weighs in after Republican laments 'humiliation' of Mamdani campaigning in Arabic.
—FOXNews.com, 4 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
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
The ghosts of a 37-0 shutout to Iowa less than a month ago still lingered — the boos that faded into silence, the homecoming crowd that emptied before the fourth quarter, the scoreboard stuck on humiliation.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
What Macfadyen brings to both roles is a glorious command of humiliation.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Vacancy was low, hitting just 2 percent in some boroughs, and trying to sign a lease became a new ritual of humiliation.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has taken decisive action following the controversy surrounding the public humiliation of Mexican contestant Fátima Bosch.
—Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Continue reading … WAR OF WORDS – AOC weighs in after Republican laments 'humiliation' of Mamdani campaigning in Arabic.
—FOXNews.com, 4 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliation
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
Noun
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Parents said they were told the dismissal was not the result of criminal wrongdoing or abuse allegations.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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That immediate dismissal stirred up a new determination within the aspiring firefighter.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Humiliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliation. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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