ABJECTION Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

abjection

noun

ab-ˈjek-shən

as in degradation

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior sees the corporate scandal as yet another sign of the general abjection of our society

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Recent Examples of abjection While the results vary, this cycle of abjection and memeification is one of the central rituals of life in certain areas of the social internet. —

Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025 Anchoring it all is Luca Marinelli in a maximalist turn that conjures so many strongmen, real and fictional—the abjection of Richard III, the calculation of Putin, the coarseness of Trump, the bearish physicality of Tony Soprano in his bathrobe. —

Judy Berman, Time, 2 Dec. 2025 This can involve extreme suffering or abjection; happiness is hardly the point. —

Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 He isn’t attracted to Martha but to abjection, to his own debasement. —

Shannon Keating, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for abjection

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Noun

One man’s modernity is, of course, another’s degradation, and, as dinner was served, the conversation turned to such recent innovations as ghost runners, pitch clocks, and robot umps, none of them to Murray’s liking.

— Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Critical rehabilitation work has begun on about 1 ½ miles of sanitary sewer pipe in Macomb County, Michigan, after utility crews found severe degradation in the line.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 14 May 2026