demeaned

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Today's generation of young adults has marinated since childhood in a pornified, sexist culture in which women are relentlessly objectified, demeaned, and ridiculed.

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  1. transitive verb To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner: demeaned themselves well in class.
  2. transitive verb To debase, as in dignity or social standing: professionals who feel demeaned by unskilled work.
  3. transitive verb To humble (oneself). See Synonyms at degrade.

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  • Anything real might have been demeaned or ridiculed, so she never expressed anything real. —  Centaur Aisle
  • Everyday in any magazine, newspaper, TV program, or radio show, people are criticized, demeaned, and laughed at without rationale. —  Paula Mooney's Tips - Get blog readers and make money online...
  • Many people have demeaned or belittled [Palin's] experience - and as women, we all know how frequently that happens. —  CNN Political Ticker
  • They've demeaned, patronized and smeared a woman who's well on her way to becoming very, very popular. —  Shooting The Messenger
  • Throughout men's history, money was always seized by looters of one brand or another, whose names changed, but whose method remained the same: to seize wealth by force and to keep the producers bound, demeaned, defamed, deprived of honor. —  Latest Articles
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