self-debasement
noun [ U ] uk/ˌself.dɪˈbeɪs.mənt/ us/ˌself.dɪˈbeɪs.mənt/
自我贬低
the action of deliberately making yourself less deserving of respect
In these groups, status is gained by suffering humiliation, by performing acts of self-debasement. 在这些团体中，地位是通过遭受羞辱、自我贬低的行为来获得的。
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- The anxieties that accumulated when traditional life was disrupted by colonialism expressed themselves through acts of hysteria and self-debasement.
- The unnecessarily excessive self-debasement was how defendants chose to convey to the world at large that their confessions were not to be taken seriously.
- Is such a reversal only useful for inscribing women’s ideological self-debasement ?