demeaning
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Title IX was meant to combat demeaning and exclusionary sex stereotypes.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
"It was demeaning to those you owed a duty of care to. I do not expect you were naive in this matter. The public must have confidence in those who provide care," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Poor Mr. Biswas, a man of meager prospects but irrepressible pride, must suffer through a series of demeaning dwellings to which his in-laws, the emasculating Tulsis, confine him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Losing your job might be demeaning, but losing your integrity for the shot at a job is dehumanizing.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
Big Bill, whom the Defender called “the spectacular, nervy Mayor of Chicago,” publicly spoke out against the slights that blacks found so demeaning, and made a great show of celebrating their successes.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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