demeaning
Example Sentences
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Industry experts at the time said the image put off potential Oscar voters and upset Black activists who claimed he was perpetuating demeaning racial stereotypes.
From Los Angeles Times
"And I don't say that in any demeaning sense because for white southerners, it's not easy to rid ourselves of all the prejudices that we have born over the centuries."
From BBC
Bureaucrats have bristled at the term as misleading and demeaning.
Losing your job might be demeaning, but losing your integrity for the shot at a job is dehumanizing.
From Salon
In practice, it led to some of the most demeaning tactics schools have ever deployed against their own students.
From Salon
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