humiliation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Related terms 2.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Late Latin humiliatio < humiliare (“‘to humiliate’”); see humiliate.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[edit] Noun

humiliation (plural humiliations)

1. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
2. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

[edit] Synonyms

• abasement
• dishonor
• embarrassment
• humbling
• shame, shaming

[edit] Related terms

• humble
• humiliate
• humiliating
• humility

[edit] Translations

Czech: ponížení cs(cs) n. Dutch: vernedering nl(nl) French: humiliation fr(fr) f. German: Demütigung, Erniedrigung

Indonesian: penghinaan Norwegian: ydmykelse Polish: upokorzenie n. (1,2) Russian: унижение ru(ru) (unižénije) n. (1,2) Swedish: förödmjukelse c. (1,2)

[edit] External links

• humiliation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• humiliation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From humilier 'to humiliate' (itself from Latin humiliare, from humilis 'humble') + -ation

[edit] Noun

humiliation f. (plural humiliations)

1. A humiliation, active or passive

   Alors que l'humiliation d'une fessée cul-nu en présence du petit frère qu'il a abusé blesse l'orgueil de Pascal pire que sa peau, assister à son humiliation répare la fierté du petit

   While the humiliation of a bare-butt spanking in the presence of the kid brother he had abused hurts Pascal's pride worse then his hide, witnessing his humbling restores the kid's pride

[edit] Synonyms

• abaissement m.

[edit] Related terms

• humiliant

[edit] References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition