"Abjection" is often used to describe the state of often- marginalized groups, such as women, unwed mothers, people of minority religious faiths, sex workers, convicts, and poor and disabled people.

The meaning of ABJECTION is a low or downcast state : degradation. How to use abjection in a sentence.

2023年3月15日 · Abjection is a sickness at one’s own body, at the body beyond that ‘clean and proper’ thing, the body of the subject. Abjection is the result of recognizing that the body is more than, in excess of, the ‘clean and proper’.

ABJECTION definition: 1. the state of being extremely unhappy, poor, unsuccessful, etc.: 2. the state of being extremely…. Learn more.

Abjection is a kind of depressed feeling, a bleak and heavyhearted state of mind. A series of terrible jobs might send you into a state of abjection.

Define abjection. abjection synonyms, abjection pronunciation, abjection translation, English dictionary definition of abjection. adj. 1. Extremely contemptible or degrading: abject cowardice. See Synonyms at base2. 2. Being of the most miserable kind; wretched: abject poverty; abject...

ABJECTION definition: an abject state or condition | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun abjection, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

2025年2月9日 · abjection (countable and uncountable, plural abjections) A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][2]

What mattered more was always the creativity and abjection with which the contestants approached his personal challenge: Prove your loyalty through self-betrayal.