abjection en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiōn-, from Latin abiectus (“cast down”). * See abject.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
an abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever
- (countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable) Something cast off; garbage.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
The abjection of the king and his realm.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of casting off; rejection.
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(countable, uncountable) The fact of being marginalized as deviant.
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.
2009 September 10, W. C. Harris, Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 98:
- (countable, uncountable) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abjections | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
ia abjection (the act of bringing down or humbling) · fi alennus (the act of bringing down or humbling) · fi nöyryytys (the act of bringing down or humbling) · ga truaillíocht f3 (a low or downcast condition) · bg отхвърляне, низвергване (the act of bringing down or humbling) · fr abjection (a low or downcast condition) · ca abjecció (a low or downcast condition) · fi hylkääminen (the state of being rejected or cast out) · ia abjection (a low or downcast condition) · bg жалкост, отхвърленост (the state of being rejected or cast out) · ga ainnise f4 (a low or downcast condition) · nl vernedering (the act of bringing down or humbling) · fi alennustila (a low or downcast condition) · ia abjection (the state of being rejected or cast out) · nl verworpenheid (the state of being rejected or cast out) · nl moedeloosheid (a low or downcast condition)