abasementn.

Brit.

/əˈbeɪsm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈbeɪsmənt/

Forms: see abase v. and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abase v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < abase v. + -ment suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French abaissement (French abaissement ) action of physically lowering (c1174 in Old French), action of lowering in social rank, degrading (1450). Compare earlier abashment n. Compare also abasing n.

1. A reduction in price or value (esp. of a currency); the action or fact of making such a reduction. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > decline in prices > making or becoming cheap

abasement1435

1435 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1435 §19. m. 3 Suche persones..þat in..abaissement of þe pris of wolles, purchacen licences..to shippe wolles to Caleys..and been not bounden..to kepe þe pris.

1551 Proclam. Edward VI Valuacion Shillinges & Grotes 30 Apr. (single sheet) The sayde firste abacement of the Coyne was greatly beneficiall vnto his sayde Maiesties Father of famous memory.

a1631 R. Cotton in J. Howell Cottoni Posthuma (1651) 197 The Lord Treasurer Burleigh in Anno 1561, when the currant of State-Councel affected an abasement of Coine, after a grave deliberation advised the Queen from it, and never would give way to any such resolution in his time.

1675 W. Churchill Divi Britannici 22 The abasement of Coin is certainly an abasing of Majesty, as betraying a necessity that shews a defect in Government.

1745 M. Folkes Table Eng. Silver Coins 34 By a Commission, in the beginning of the fifth year of the king's reign, there was a more exorbitant abasement made of the coin than had yet been attempted.

1798 Analyt. Rev. Nov. 527 He forcibly deprecates every idea of an abasement of the silver coin, and, indeed, seems to think, that any alteration whatever would be attended with the most serious consequences.

1850 tr. A. A. Ledru-Rollin Decline Eng. II. ii. iii. 236 The author of the ‘Inquiry’, moved by the afflicting spectacle before him, after repeating that the fires increased in proportion to the abasement [Fr. abaissement] of wages, declares that he has not courage to draw his conclusions.

1896 Bankers' Mag. Dec. 716 He managed to make his customers feel and realize that any sudden abasement of the currency meant disaster.

1951 B. Russell New Hopes for Changing World (1952) ii. x. 136 Each of them cost many millions of human lives, many billions of dollars, much abasement of the currency of civilization.

2008 J. P. Raines & C. G. Leathers Debt, Innovations, & Deflation iv. 60 Republicans and pro-gold Democrats,..blamed the 1893 panic on the abasement of the money supply by the 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act.

a. The action or an act of lowering in rank, condition, or character; humiliation, degradation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun]

bismerc893

humiliationc1386

lowinga1398

dejectionc1450

avale?a1513

depression?1531

embasing1551

abasement1561

debasement1593

mortification1598

exinanitiona1631

demissiona1638

dejectment1656

depressure1656

dismounting1677

letting down1827

take-down1858

snubbing1861

scoring1893

deflation1958

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiii. f. 34 The tyme was not yet come of his abacemente [L. humiliationis].

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 And almost speake vntruly and iniuriously by way of abbasement.

1627 M. Wren Serm. 33 All negligent and perfunctorie performance of our Religion, all slight and unawful Expressions in it, as in Gods presence, are the foulest Scorn and Abasement that may be.

1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 109 As he was abased for the creatures exaltment, so he was exalted for the creatures abasement.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. ii. 11 Pride in ourselves must, and for-ever will, provoke contempt, and bring down upon us abasement from others.

1781 S. J. Pratt Fair Circassian i. i. 2 And, oh, what deep abasement follow'd swift Upon the elder king.

1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. i. 4 In this mortifying abasement, the colonists..were but the natural participators.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 549 The abasement of the clergy preceded the humiliation of the crown.

1910 H. James Let. 16 Apr. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) iii. 157 For you, dearest Edith, are reserved the deepest devotedest abasements of your faithfullest.

1968 Rev. Metaphysics 22 382 Such abasement precedes elevation to a revered status within the community.

2000 Guardian 26 May (Friday Review section) 4/3 Richard Burton demonstrated John Hurt's utter physical abasement in the adaptation of Orwell's 1984 by pincering one of his teeth out with his finger and thumb.

b. The condition of being humiliated or degraded in this way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > humiliated condition

powderc1300

dusta1340

abjection?a1425

abasement1567

abjectness1574

dejectedness1608

abjectedness1660

crestfallenness1859

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxx. f. 363^v Amid so great pouertie, yl luck, ruine & abasement, none is able to lay vnto our charge any thing vnworthie of the nobilitie & the house.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xx. 11 There is an abasement because of glory; and there is that lifteth vp his head from a low estate.

1747 J. Hervey Medit. II. 136 The deepest Degrees of possible Abasement.

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings III. viii. vi. 139 The raising of the reptile man from the voluntary abasement in which his evil inclinations are able to involve him.

1828 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) I. 231 Conscious of its errors and abasement.

a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 153 True Abandonment, with utter Abasement, was the nearest way to God.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August 169 His spirit wrung with abasement and regret.

1991 J. Wolf Daughter of Red Deer ii. xviii. 208 The dog whimpered and flattened himself at Mar's feet, tail thumping in abject abasement.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abasement
释义	abasementn. Brit. /əˈbeɪsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈbeɪsmənt/ Forms: see abase v. and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abase v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < abase v. + -ment suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French abaissement (French abaissement ) action of physically lowering (c1174 in Old French), action of lowering in social rank, degrading (1450). Compare earlier abashment n. Compare also abasing n. 1. A reduction in price or value (esp. of a currency); the action or fact of making such a reduction. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > decline in prices > making or becoming cheap abasement1435 1435 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1435 §19. m. 3 Suche persones..þat in..abaissement of þe pris of wolles, purchacen licences..to shippe wolles to Caleys..and been not bounden..to kepe þe pris. 1551 Proclam. Edward VI Valuacion Shillinges & Grotes 30 Apr. (single sheet) The sayde firste abacement of the Coyne was greatly beneficiall vnto his sayde Maiesties Father of famous memory. a1631 R. Cotton in J. Howell Cottoni Posthuma (1651) 197 The Lord Treasurer Burleigh in Anno 1561, when the currant of State-Councel affected an abasement of Coine, after a grave deliberation advised the Queen from it, and never would give way to any such resolution in his time. 1675 W. Churchill Divi Britannici 22 The abasement of Coin is certainly an abasing of Majesty, as betraying a necessity that shews a defect in Government. 1745 M. Folkes Table Eng. Silver Coins 34 By a Commission, in the beginning of the fifth year of the king's reign, there was a more exorbitant abasement made of the coin than had yet been attempted. 1798 Analyt. Rev. Nov. 527 He forcibly deprecates every idea of an abasement of the silver coin, and, indeed, seems to think, that any alteration whatever would be attended with the most serious consequences. 1850 tr. A. A. Ledru-Rollin Decline Eng. II. ii. iii. 236 The author of the ‘Inquiry’, moved by the afflicting spectacle before him, after repeating that the fires increased in proportion to the abasement [Fr. abaissement] of wages, declares that he has not courage to draw his conclusions. 1896 Bankers' Mag. Dec. 716 He managed to make his customers feel and realize that any sudden abasement of the currency meant disaster. 1951 B. Russell New Hopes for Changing World (1952) ii. x. 136 Each of them cost many millions of human lives, many billions of dollars, much abasement of the currency of civilization. 2008 J. P. Raines & C. G. Leathers Debt, Innovations, & Deflation iv. 60 Republicans and pro-gold Democrats,..blamed the 1893 panic on the abasement of the money supply by the 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act. 2. a. The action or an act of lowering in rank, condition, or character; humiliation, degradation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] bismerc893 humiliationc1386 lowinga1398 dejectionc1450 avale?a1513 depression?1531 embasing1551 abasement1561 debasement1593 mortification1598 exinanitiona1631 demissiona1638 dejectment1656 depressure1656 dismounting1677 letting down1827 take-down1858 snubbing1861 scoring1893 deflation1958 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiii. f. 34 The tyme was not yet come of his abacemente [L. humiliationis]. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 And almost speake vntruly and iniuriously by way of abbasement. 1627 M. Wren Serm. 33 All negligent and perfunctorie performance of our Religion, all slight and unawful Expressions in it, as in Gods presence, are the foulest Scorn and Abasement that may be. 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 109 As he was abased for the creatures exaltment, so he was exalted for the creatures abasement. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. ii. 11 Pride in ourselves must, and for-ever will, provoke contempt, and bring down upon us abasement from others. 1781 S. J. Pratt Fair Circassian i. i. 2 And, oh, what deep abasement follow'd swift Upon the elder king. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. i. 4 In this mortifying abasement, the colonists..were but the natural participators. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 549 The abasement of the clergy preceded the humiliation of the crown. 1910 H. James Let. 16 Apr. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) iii. 157 For you, dearest Edith, are reserved the deepest devotedest abasements of your faithfullest. 1968 Rev. Metaphysics 22 382 Such abasement precedes elevation to a revered status within the community. 2000 Guardian 26 May (Friday Review section) 4/3 Richard Burton demonstrated John Hurt's utter physical abasement in the adaptation of Orwell's 1984 by pincering one of his teeth out with his finger and thumb. b. The condition of being humiliated or degraded in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > humiliated condition powderc1300 dusta1340 abjection?a1425 abasement1567 abjectness1574 dejectedness1608 abjectedness1660 crestfallenness1859 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxx. f. 363^v Amid so great pouertie, yl luck, ruine & abasement, none is able to lay vnto our charge any thing vnworthie of the nobilitie & the house. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xx. 11 There is an abasement because of glory; and there is that lifteth vp his head from a low estate. View more context for this quotation 1747 J. Hervey Medit. II. 136 The deepest Degrees of possible Abasement. 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings III. viii. vi. 139 The raising of the reptile man from the voluntary abasement in which his evil inclinations are able to involve him. 1828 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1857) I. 231 Conscious of its errors and abasement. a1857 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 153 True Abandonment, with utter Abasement, was the nearest way to God. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August 169 His spirit wrung with abasement and regret. 1991 J. Wolf Daughter of Red Deer ii. xviii. 208 The dog whimpered and flattened himself at Mar's feet, tail thumping in abject abasement. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1435
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