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Humiliation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Humiliation : (noun)
1: state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
2: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin, mortification]
3: an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or
self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after
another" [syn: mortification]
4: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: abasement]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Humiliation : \Hu*mil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. humiliatio: cf. F.
humiliation.]
1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride;
mortification. --Bp. Hopkins.
2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to
lowliness or submission.
The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a
humiliation of manhood. --Hooker.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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