What is an abjection?

What is an abjection? Here are some definitions.

Noun A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] (obsolete, chiefly figuratively) Something cast off; garbage. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16th century.] (obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.] (obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century.] (biology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores. Find more words! 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The struggle between abundance and abjection is an age-old story that has left physical and psychic scars on the watery landscape of the Delta. For in my abjection, I own I clutch at straws, miserably anxious for support. In a stunning affirmation of the artistic impulse, they made beauty out of abjection, and that, at least, is a triumph. Today the far right uses the unconscious urges of gender-sex abomination and abjection toward Others. Understanding her dance has rested upon a binary that relegates ballet to a position of abjection, impurity and ugliness. See Also What is another word for abjection? What is the opposite of abjection? Sentences with the word abjection Words that rhyme with abjection What is the plural of abjection? What is the noun for abjection? Nearby Definitions abjecting abjectest abjecter abjectedness abjected abject abjections abjective abjectly abjectness abjectnesses abjects 9-letter Words Starting With a ab abj abje abjec abject abjecti abjectio