Why, without her, society would fall into a state of indolence and degradation, even of utter abjection.
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Abjection
//æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩//
Synonyms for "abjection" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
Related word relations
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Translations
12 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- жалкост, отхвърленост noun (the state of being rejected or cast out)
- отхвърляне, низвергване noun (the act of bringing down or humbling)
Catalan
1 entries- abjecció noun (a low or downcast condition)
Dutch
3 entries- moedeloosheid noun (a low or downcast condition)
- vernedering noun (the act of bringing down or humbling)
- verworpenheid noun (the state of being rejected or cast out)
French
1 entries- abjection noun (a low or downcast condition)
Interlingua
3 entries- abjection noun (the act of bringing down or humbling)
- abjection noun (the state of being rejected or cast out)
- abjection noun (a low or downcast condition)
Irish
2 entries- ainnise f4 noun (a low or downcast condition)
- truaillíocht f3 noun (a low or downcast condition)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
an abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever
Source: wiktionary
The abjection of the king and his realm.
Source: wiktionary
The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject as exhorted by Michael Warner, David Halperin, and Lee Edelman. Embracing difference or culturally ascribed abjection with the aim of overcoming or dissipating it would be both naive and ineffective.
Source: wiktionary
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