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self-debasement noun[ U ] uk /ˌself.dɪˈbeɪs.mənt/ us /ˌself.dɪˈbeɪs.mənt/ the action of deliberately making yourself less deserving of respect : 自我贬低 In these groups, status is gained by suffering humiliation, by performing acts of self-debasement. 在这些团体中,地位是通过遭受羞辱、自我贬低的行为来获得的。 The anxieties that accumulated when traditional life was disrupted by colonialism expressed themselves through acts of hysteria and self-debasement. The unnecessarily excessive self-debasement was how defendants chose to convey to the world at large that their confessions were not to be taken seriously. Is such a reversal only useful for inscribing women’s ideological self-debasement ? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Deteriorating and making worse add admin aggravate backslide be downhillidiom debase deteriorate deterioration devaluation devalue disintegrate dog one step forward, two steps backidiom regress regression regressive regressively wear thinidiom worse worsen |