See abaissant on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Derived from the present participle of abaisser (“to lower, morally degrade”) + -ant",
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"form": "abaissante",
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
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"plural"
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},
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"lang_code": "fr",
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"_dis": "48 34 18",
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"text": "1860, Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Les Oeuvres et les Hommes, Preface,\nL’auteur […] n’a jamais eu à subir comme les orateurs de métier la tyrannie toujours abaissante d’un auditoire, qu’ils croient mener et qui les domine — Unlike career speakers, the author never had to endure the degrading tyranny of an audience they believe they are leading, and yet actually controls them.",
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"(dated) Rendering morally inferior; degrading, demeaning"
],
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"ipa": "/a.bɛ.sɑ̃/",
"tags": [
"Europe"
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},
{
"ipa": "/a.be.sɑ̃/",
"tags": [
"Europe"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/abɛːsɑ̃/",
"tags": [
"Quebec"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/abɛːsã/",
"tags": [
"Quebec"
]
},
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],
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"ipa": "/a.bɛ.sɑ̃/",
"tags": [
"Europe"
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},
{
"ipa": "/a.be.sɑ̃/",
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"Europe"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/abɛːsɑ̃/",
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"Quebec"
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},
{
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"Quebec"
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