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PRONUNCIATION OF ABASEMENT

abasement  [əˈbeɪsmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABASEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abasement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABASEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of abasement in the English dictionary

The definition of abasement in the dictionary is humiliation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABASEMENT


basement
ˈbeɪsmənt
casement
ˈkeɪsmənt
debasement
dɪˈbeɪsmənt
defacement
dɪˈfeɪsmənt
displacement
dɪsˈpleɪsmənt
effacement
ɪˈfeɪsmənt
embracement
ɪmˈbreɪsmənt
emplacement
ɪmˈpleɪsmənt
encasement
ɪnˈkeɪsmənt
enlacement
ɪnˈleɪsmənt
incasement
ɪnˈkeɪsmənt
interlacement
ˌɪntəˈleɪsmənt
misplacement
ˌmɪsˈpleɪsmənt
outplacement
ˈaʊtˌpleɪsmənt
placement
ˈpleɪsmənt
replacement
rɪˈpleɪsmənt
retracement
rɪˈtreɪsmənt
self-abasement
ˌsɛlfəˈbeɪsmənt
semibasement
ˌsɛmɪˈbeɪsmənt
subbasement
ˈsʌbˌbeɪsmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABASEMENT

abandon ship
abandoned
abandonedly
abandonee
abandoner
abandonment
abandonware
abapical
abase
abasedly
abaser
abash
abashed
abashless
abashment
abasia
abask
abatable
abate
abatement

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABASEMENT

abonnement
achievement
advertisement
agreement
amusement
announcement
apartment
arrangement
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
improvement
infringement
management
measurement
movement
requirement
retirement
statement
supplement

Synonyms and antonyms of abasement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ABASEMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «abasement» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of abasement

Translation of «abasement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABASEMENT

Find out the translation of abasement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of abasement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abasement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自卑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

humillación
570 millions of speakers

English

abasement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपमान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التحقير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

унижение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

humilhação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

abasedly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

humiliation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Abah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erniedrigung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

屈辱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비하
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abasedly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bối rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

abasedly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ab abentlyly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

abasedly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

umiliazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uniżenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приниження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înjosire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξευτελισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vernedering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förnedring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

abasement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abasement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABASEMENT»

The term «abasement» is regularly used and occupies the 61.576 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABASEMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abasement

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABASEMENT»

Discover the use of abasement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abasement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Weighty Word Book
Provides definitions for twenty-six vocabulary words from abasement to zealot with stories containing puns that provide mnemonic devices for remembering the definitions.
Paul M. Levitt, Douglas A. Burger, Elissa S. Guralnick, 2009
2
Understanding and Changing Your Management Style: ...
Abasement: I'm Responsible for Everything Those who need abasement tend to accept more responsibility than is justified. They feel guilty when things go wrong and feel liable for actions that may not even have been their responsibility.
Robert C. Benfari, 2013
3
Personality
Self-abasement certainly involves panic and retreat, but this is modified and conditioned, just as aggression is modified, in self-assertion. Here the cognitive phase is derived from stimuli arising from something threatening in the environment, ...
R G Gordon, 2005
4
Kierkegaard's Writings, XX: Practice in Christianity
Because of this image before his eyes, the Christian perseveres in abasement, drawn to him who from on high will draw all to himself. This, then, is how it is with loftiness and lowliness. The true Christian's abasement is not sheer abasement; ...
Søren Kierkegaard, 2013
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Concordance of the Qur'an: Extracted from the M.H. Shakir ...
(know) that the ungrateful 40:60 those who are too proud for My service shall soon enter hell abased, 58:20 opposition to Allah and His Apostle: they shall be among the most abased Abasement 2:6l And abasement and humiliation were ...
‎2007
6
Kierkegaard and Levinas: The Subjunctive Mood
This is a will-to-abasement, to be contrasted with - though perhaps not opposed to - the 'elaborate negativity' of the ordinary masochism described above. Will-to- abasement is rational in seeing that there is little glory in being victorious over ...
Patrick Sheil, 2010
7
Kierkegaard
The person who feels drawn to Christ only in Christ's abasement “does not recognize Christ and therefore does not love him either” (154). This dialectical appreciation of the tension between both abasement and lordship probably accounts for ...
M. Jamie Ferreira, 2009
8
Kierkegaard's Kenotic Christology
participating in the abasement of Christ can the believer share in Christ's glory. Anti-Climacus comments, 'There must be preaching about abasement, that if you will not share that with him, he will not share the loftiness with you – therefore ...
David R. Law, 2013
9
The Abasement of Pride: A Sermon Preach'd in the Cathedral ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
John Hoadly, 2010
10
Reshaping Museum Space
abasement«. to allow level access into the building for the firsttime. Two largecapacity lifts will run from the basement up through the centralcoreof the building andtwo staircases willconnect thebasement withthe ground floor, greatly improving ...
Suzanne Macleod, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABASEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term abasement is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why you need to avoid this parenting tactic at all costs
'Was it worth it?' her father reportedly asks while videoing her abasement. 'No', Izabel replies. 'How many times did I warn you?' he asks. 'A lot.'. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Fisticuffs @ the National Assembly and El-Rufai's initiative
... Nigerians to vote en-mass for it, but as a roiling cauldron of intrigue and self abasement bent on self destruction at the unset of its rule. So far ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
3
Buhari asks Nigerian Muslims to reject Boko Haram 'with one voice'
... world to reject with one voice the attackers claim to be acting in the name of Islam, and tell the terrorists to stop the abasement of their religion ... «TheCable, Jul 15»
4
REAL AMERICA
The vices of those who govern and the ineptitude of those governed would soon bring it to ruin and … revert to its abasement to one single ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
5
Churchill on “A Peculiar Type of Brainy People”
... difficulties come from the mood of unwarrantable self-abasement into which we have been cast by a powerful section of our own intellectuals. «Power Line, Jul 15»
6
Yvette Cooper should be the next Labour leader
Or, they can finally stop the self-abasement, put down the faded flags of Blairism and Brownism, and begin the work of constructing the New ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
The one parenting tactic to avoid at all cost
her father reportedly asks while videoing her abasement. 'No', Izabel replies. Advertisement. 'How many times did I warn you?' he asks. 'A lot.'. «Daily Life, Jun 15»
8
We're sorry, Nasir
But the abasement towards “The Finisher of Tigers” -- Nasir Hossain -- surpasses everything that they have done so far. It is deplorable that ... «DhakaTribune, Jun 15»
9
Pope tells future Vatican diplomats to set aside judgmental attitudes
... presides in charity that does not rest on vain pride but on the daily courage of compliance — or rather abasement — of its master,” he said. «Catholic Free Press, Jun 15»
10
Not A Bad Start: Donald Trump Does Well in Key Primary State
who quickly has mastered the Bush family political art of marrying abject self-abasement to clueless self-regard. Maybe it's time to realize the ... «Lid Time - Weird News, Entertainment, News Headlines, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Abasement [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/abasement>. May 2024 ».
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