demean
Example Sentences
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"Germany objects to use of terms and comparison related to Nazi Germany that are historically, politically and morally wrong because they demean the victims and raise false implications," he said in a recent X post.
From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025
The work of philanthropy, then, isn’t to command or correct—and it certainly isn’t to demean and disparage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
From Amazon forcing workers to urinate in bottles to Walmart penalizing employees for taking sick days, employers everywhere use and abuse their authority in the workplace to humiliate, demean, and harass workers.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025
It made it illegal to "write, send, or share any information through a computer, which is likely to ridicule, degrade, or demean another person, group of persons, a tribe, an ethnicity, a religion or gender".
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
“I’m not going to demean myself and, what...make myself over to appease your insecurities,” she hissed, her voice rising to a yell before she regained her composure.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
