noun
- the state of being extremely degraded, miserable, or lacking in dignity
- extreme poverty or destitution
Usage: formal
Usage: formal
Examples
- The refugees lived in complete abjection, lacking basic necessities.
- His fall from wealth to abjection was swift and devastating.
- The novel depicts the abjection of the urban poor in vivid detail.
- She refused to accept the abjection that others expected of her.
- The documentary exposed the abjection faced by homeless veterans.
- Years of oppression had reduced the population to a state of abjection.