self-debasement
- a word derived from debasement.
Example Sentences
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Accompanied by an ironic, 1940s-style classic-noir score, Under the Silver Lake’s first hour contains its strongest scenes, as Mitchell reveals ever-newer depths to Sam’s lunacy and self-debasement.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2019
The English came away with ample material for self-debasement, one of their treasured national pastimes.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2010
But when such halfway measures fail, the individual who denies his autonomy confronts a more dreadful alternative: convinced at last of his own valuelessness, he must revolt against this self-debasement.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you hold such noble thoughts in your heart concerning yourself, you will need no threatenings to keep you from self-debasement and self-defilement.
From What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Wood-Allen, Mary
It is impossible to imagine a finer or more complete specimen of self-debasement than that which she exhibited upon this occasion.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus
