humiliation
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliatio, from humiliare ("to humiliate"); see humiliate.
Pronunciation- IPA: /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/
humiliation
- The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
- The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Season”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗, page 2 ↗:
- Loving and beloved by him, how different would her destiny have been! An utter sense of desolation came over her; a terror of the future, an overwhelming agony in the present. That he, of all others, should be the one to witness her humiliation!
- French: humiliation
- German: Demütigung, Erniedrigung
- Italian: umiliazione
- Portuguese: humilhação
- Russian: униже́ние
- Spanish: humillación
- French: humiliation
- German: Demütigung, Erniedrigung
- Italian: umiliazione, smacco
- Portuguese: humilhação
- Russian: униже́ние
- Spanish: humillación
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