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Recent Examples of abjection The kinds that imagine women’s sexuality beyond the limitations of abjection. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024 Her experience taught her both the power and the abjection of a life lived on public display. Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024 How much provocation will be accepted; how much abjection is still lovable? Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024 Their work forgoes relatability to revel in delusion, with all its abjection and pathos—especially their own. Seyward Darby, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for abjection

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“Abjection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abjection. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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