abaissant
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from the present participle of abaisser (“to lower, morally degrade”) + -ant
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Europe) IPA(key): /a.bɛ.sɑ̃/, /a.be.sɑ̃/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /abɛːsɑ̃/, /abɛːsã/
Audio (file) - Homophone: abaissants
Adjective[edit]
abaissant (feminine abaissante, masculine plural abaissants, feminine plural abaissantes)
- (dated) Rendering morally inferior; degrading, demeaning
- 1860, Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Les Oeuvres et les Hommes, Preface,
- L’auteur […] n’a jamais eu à subir comme les orateurs de métier la tyrannie toujours abaissante d’un auditoire, qu’ils croient mener et qui les domine — Unlike career speakers, the author never had to endure the degrading tyranny of an audience they believe they are leading, and yet actually controls them.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1860, Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Les Oeuvres et les Hommes, Preface,
- lowering
Synonyms[edit]
- rabaissant (current)
Participle[edit]
abaissant
Further reading[edit]
- “abaissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.