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What (who) is demean - definition
demean
I
v. (formal) (D; refl.) ('to degrade') to demean by (I will not demean myself by cheating on the examination)
II
v. (formal) (d; refl.) ('to behave') (he demeaned himself like a gentleman)
demean
(demeans, demeaning, demeaned)
1.
If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
VERB: V pron-refl
2.
To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.
Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
= degrade
VERB: V n
Demean
·noun Resources; means.
II. Demean ·vt Management; treatment.
III. Demean ·noun Demesne.
IV. Demean ·vt Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Examples of use of demean
1. The state would never demean itself by talking to terrorists.
2. "I would never want to demean him as an individual.
3. And I think that would demean her to suggest otherwise," he said.
4. This is trying to demean him, to minimize him as a person," Todd said.
5. Unfortunately, they do not just demean themselves, but also their country.