abjection

Definition

A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

Etymology

From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiōn-, from Latin abiectus (“cast down”). * See abject.

Example Sentences

• "an abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever"
• "The abjection of the king and his realm."
• "The disclosure of tolerance's hidden phobic lining fits in well with queer theory's embrace of the abject as exhorted by Michael Warner, David Halperin, and Lee Edelman. Embracing difference or culturally ascribed abjection with the aim of overcoming or dissipating it would be both naive and ineffective."