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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Recent Examples of abjection
But what obsessed me were the lyrics, which describe tragi-comically bleak scenes of contemporary abjection using language that felt borderline Shakespearean, tied up in elaborate rhyme schemes and tight lexical knots.
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Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
Today, however, sensuality and leisure have eclipsed images of abjection and vulnerability.
—Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Her experience taught her both the power and the abjection of a life lived on public display.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 3 Apr. 2025
Today, however, sensuality and leisure have eclipsed images of abjection and vulnerability.
—Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Her experience taught her both the power and the abjection of a life lived on public display.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abjection
Noun
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The team believes their approach could eventually help regions struggling with industrial contamination and agricultural degradation.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Housing materials in artistic practice are fitting for an environment that is constantly under simultaneous construction and degradation, with sea levels continuing to rise, potholes throughout the city and as our own infrastructure buckles under the weight of an ever growing population.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Now its economy has collapsed under the weight of corruption, mismanagement, human rights violations and other woes.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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That’s what happened in October 2019, when demonstrations against corruption and high unemployment broke out across Iraq, leading to street clashes that left hundreds of people dead.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Abjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abjection. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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