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abjection::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abasement, degradation |
| Type of | humiliation |
| Has types | decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration, depth |
Examples of abjection
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Abjection to children often correlates directly with churlishness to mates.
From the theatlantic.com
He works with extremes of theatricality and intimacy, humour and abjection.
From the guardian.co.uk
I much prefer Angela de la Cruz's work, with its painful humour, honesty and knockabout abjection.
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Loss and abjection are two of the chords that define the genre.
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It is a snapshot of horror and abjection.
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But abjection is not the same as introspection.
From the time.com
Nobody could do abjection like Greene.
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His chief delight was his own abjection.
From the time.com
This combination of beauty and abjection, a tonality found nowhere else in British poetry, has brought Burnside a cult readership.
From the independent.co.uk
- Abasement: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
- The term Abjection literally means "the state of being cast off." In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.
- A state of misery and degradation.
