as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
sees the corporate scandal as yet another sign of the general abjection of our society
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But Reeves didn’t embrace abjection the way his wife did.
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Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Her Roberta is prepared to drown in her own abjection, but Abbott’s Danny keeps throwing himself to her as a lifeline.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
His arc is also, unfortunately — despite some punishingly long sequences in which Safdie channels the character’s abjection — the murkiest.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
What began as a promotional device for a progressive political cause turned into something else: a commodified emblem of Black abjection and white paternalism that would contribute to a growing trend in visual culture.
—New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022
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Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Her Roberta is prepared to drown in her own abjection, but Abbott’s Danny keeps throwing himself to her as a lifeline.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
His arc is also, unfortunately — despite some punishingly long sequences in which Safdie channels the character’s abjection — the murkiest.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
What began as a promotional device for a progressive political cause turned into something else: a commodified emblem of Black abjection and white paternalism that would contribute to a growing trend in visual culture.
—New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022
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“Abjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abjection. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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