Demeaned
Definition
Having been demeaned, degraded, humiliated, or deprived of dignity, value, and prestige; a person brought into a deplorable state, despised, or marginalized by society. As a past participle of the obsolete verb 'a avili' (derived from the French 'avilir'), it describes the process of moral, material, or social depreciation of an individual, an institution, or an abstract concept.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Demeaned
- Degraded
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations according to nominal agreement. |
| Formation | Past participle of the verb 'avili', functionally stabilized as an independent descriptive adjective in classical and 19th-century literature. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.vi.ˈlit] |
| Source | Lexicon of Historical Romanian Registers and Peripheral Formations |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Fostul dregător rătăcea acum prin târg cu haine rupte, complet avilit de sărăcie și de pierderea rangului.
EN: The former official was now wandering through the market in torn clothes, completely demeaned by poverty and the loss of his rank.
RO: Scriitorul descrie în memoriile sale un sistem politic avilit, în care corupția înlocuise orice formă de dreptate.
EN: The writer describes in his memoirs a degraded political system where corruption had replaced any form of justice.
RO: Sufletul său s-a simțit avilit după ce a fost forțat să accepte acele condiții contractuale profund nedrepte.
EN: His soul felt humiliated after he was forced to accept those deeply unfair contractual conditions.
Idioms & Phrases
Suflet avilit / Demeaned soul / broken spirit
RO: Metaforă literară ce caracterizează un individ strivit de compromisuri morale sau de vicisitudinile aspre ale vieții.
EN: A literary metaphor characterizing an individual crushed by moral compromises or the harsh vicissitudes of life.
Statut avilit / Degraded status / devalued position
RO: Poziție socială sau funcție administrativă care și-a pierdut autoritatea și respectul public din cauza abuzurilor.
EN: A social position or administrative function that has lost its authority and public respect due to abuses.
Gând avilit de lăcomie / Mind debased by greed
RO: Locuțiune livrească folosită pentru a descrie o gândire degradată, orientată exclusiv spre parvenire și profituri neoneste.
EN: A literary phrase used to describe a debased mindset, oriented exclusively toward social climbing and dishonest profits.
Latest Contextual News
No recent news found for this topic.