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Meaning of "self-abasement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-ABASEMENT

self-abasement  [ˌsɛlfəˈbeɪsmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-ABASEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-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 SELF-ABASEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Self-abasement

Self-abasement is voluntary self-punishment or humiliation in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing. Self-abasement might have a religious aspect for those seeking humility before God, perhaps in the context of monastic or cenobitic lifestyle. It also has a sexual and fetish aspect for those people who enjoy erotic humiliation and other related BDSM practices. Examples of self-abasement practices include self-flagellation, bondage, torture, public humiliation. In psychology, self-abasement is associated with shame and involves the reduction of the subject's self-esteem. The notion of self-abasement can be said to be based in Freudian psychoanalysis. Fear may also result in self-abasement.

Definition of self-abasement in the English dictionary

The definition of self-abasement in the dictionary is the act of putting yourself down, behaving in a very humble manner or belittling yourself.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-ABASEMENT


abasement
əˈbeɪsmənt
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
semibasement
ˌsɛmɪˈbeɪsmənt
subbasement
ˈsʌbˌbeɪsmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-ABASEMENT

self
self-abnegating
self-abnegation
self-absorbed
self-absorption
self-abuse
self-accusation
self-acting
self-action
self-actualization
self-addressed
self-addressed envelope
self-addressed stamped envelope
self-adhesive
self-adjusting
self-administered
self-advancement
self-advertisement
self-advocacy
self-aggrandisement

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-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 self-abasement in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-abasement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-ABASEMENT

Find out the translation of self-abasement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-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 «self-abasement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自卑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anonadamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

self-abasement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपना अपमान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التحقير الذاتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самоуничижение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto-humilhação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মাবমান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- abaissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbsterniedrigung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己屈辱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 비하
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Poto-abasement
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự hạ mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய இழிவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वत: ची अपमान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bayağılaşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto -umiliazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samoponiżenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самоприниження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- înjosire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - εξευτελισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- vernedering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

själv förnedring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selv abasement
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-abasement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-ABASEMENT»

The term «self-abasement» is normally little used and occupies the 135.160 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-ABASEMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-ABASEMENT»

Discover the use of self-abasement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-abasement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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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
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Essays on Language Function and Language Type: Dedicated to ...
Cooperative Self-abasement 3.1. I want to be like you: I will speak your language Linguistic accommodation, whereby the speaker adapts to the speech patterns, or even the accent of his interlocutor, is a kind of self-abasement which is almost  ...
Joan L. Bybee, John Haiman, Sandra A. Thompson, 1997
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Tradition and Innovation in Biblical Interpretation: Studies ...
For the interpretation of this complex self-abasement formula it is important to recognize the function of each element. The primary function of element a is not to 'ask for information about the object'31 but, as is evident from a comparison with ...
Wido Th. van Peursen, Janet Dyk, 2011
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John Henry Newman Sermons 1824-1843: Volume V: Sermons ...
12: 31] i Love, as we have said, is the fulfilling of the law * it is the end of the gospel <1 Tim 1[: 5]> * Humility and faith are the foundation, but love is the divine building itselfr Other graces relate to ourselves * self abasement has reference to  ...
John Henry Newman, Francis J. McGrath, FMS, 2012
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Systematic theology
Hence, the humility which sinners ought to exercise, consists altogether in self abasement. They ought voluntarily to sink down to that place which their sins deserve,'or to be willing to lie as much below themselves and others, as their guilt can ...
Nathanael Emmons, Jacob Ide, 1842
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Poetry as Theology: The Śrīvaiṣṇava Stotra in the Age of ...
Kuresa's Self- Abasement and the Separation Experience In the chapter on Ramanuja, we have already seen how divine, but potentially harmful, forces conceived as immanent within actual objects were a part of the ancient indigenous ...
Nancy Ann Nayar, 1992
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The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D., Third Pastor of the ...
And now, if we look into the Scripture, we shall find humility there represented as founded in guilt, and consisting in self- abasement. In the twenty-sixth chapter of Leviticus, God said concerning Israel, in case they should prove disobedient ...
Nathanael Emmons, Jacob Ide, 1860
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The Complete Works:
And so (by the preceding Pr.) extreme pride or self- abasement indicates extreme weakness of spirit. Corollary Hence it clearly follows that the proud and the self- abased are most subject to emotions. Scholium But self-abasement can be more  ...
Baruch Spinoza, Samuel Shirley, Michael L. Morgan, 2002
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Best of the Quest
The Hindu megalomania was always accompanied by the Hindu self-abasement, and even now it is. At the beginning the self-abasement was, however, a different feeling. It was a sense ofthe decline ofworth, and it was a healthy feeling.
Laeeq Futehally, Arshia Sattar, 2011
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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism
This mimetic discipleship is related intimately to a second dimension, the cultivation of the virtues of obedience and humility through dramatic gestures of performative self-abasement, which in and of themselves led to experiences of “ spiritual ...
Julia A. Lamm, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-ABASEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-abasement is used in the context of the following news items.
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Everyone Is a “Trainwreck”
Though “Trainwreck” is a robust comedy, ranging from genial to zingy to uproarious, it's essentially a romantic melodrama of self-abasement, self-deception, and ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
2
Noonday Demons
But when a second hermit appears and claims this piece of desert for himself, all pretence to humility and self-abasement disappear as the two enter into a string ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
3
The Unbearable Shiteness of Being
Sharp-witted, smooth and with a refreshing dose of self-abasement, Edwards' style washed comfortably over you, in a way which was casual without the ... «Varsity Online, Jun 15»
4
When Marnie Was There review: Beautiful desolation
“I'm ugly and stupid,” she tells herself, heartbreakingly, in one of her many episodes of self-abasement. “That's why I hate myself.” A lot of young children, indeed ... «National Post, May 15»
5
Manon/Sandra
But the script emphasized the ambiguity of this behaviour: the mystic, like the lover, lives in constant self-abasement, and waits upon obscure signs from an ... «Varsity Online, Apr 15»
6
The Invisible Life
More specifically, it zeroes in on the horrible actuality that the trigger for a sudden downward spiral of rudderless shame and self-abasement may take on an ... «Little White Lies, Apr 15»
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Education: Hacks Praise Anything and Always with Enthusiasm
... in a continuous frenzy of hatred of foreign enemies and internal traitors, triumph over victories, and self-abasement before the power and wisdom of the Party.". «American Thinker, Mar 15»
8
Don't They Ever Get Tired Of It?
Can't we get these Democrats some tambourines, at least? You know who would not engage in that kind of self-abasement? Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton. «National Review Online, Mar 15»
9
Question about Holy Days
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and ... «Patheos, Dec 14»
10
Left, right – what do labels matter when a homeless man dies on a …
The column also described politicians' routine self-abasement before a demanding electorate in the perpetual mission to mind the seat, while suggesting that ... «Irish Times, Dec 14»

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