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1 depravación
f.depravation, debauchery, vice, degeneration.* * *1 depravity, depravation* * *SF1) (=cualidad) depravity2) (=acto) depraved act* * *a) ( acto) act of depravity, depraved actb) ( cualidad) depravity* * *= depravity, abjection, depravation.Ex. Booth conducted his surveys to study 'the numerical relation which poverty, misery, and depravity bear to the regular earnings and comparative comfort and to describe the general conditions under which each class lives'.Ex. Her notion of ' abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.----* depravación moral = moral depravity.* * *a) ( acto) act of depravity, depraved actb) ( cualidad) depravity* * *= depravity, abjection, depravation.Ex: Booth conducted his surveys to study 'the numerical relation which poverty, misery, and depravity bear to the regular earnings and comparative comfort and to describe the general conditions under which each class lives'.
Ex: Her notion of ' abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.* depravación moral = moral depravity.* * *1 (acto) act of depravity, depraved act2 (cualidad) depravity* * *
depravación sustantivo femenino depravity
' depravación' also found in these entries:
English:
depravation
- depravity
* * *depravación nfdepravity* * *f depravity -
2 superficialidad
f.superficiality.* * *1 superficiality* * *SF1) [de herida] superficiality2) (=frivolidad) shallowness* * *1) ( de persona) superficiality, shallowness; (de charla, comentario) superficiality2) ( de herida) superficiality, superficial nature* * *= superficiality, shallowness, superfluousness.Ex. Their perception of the changing role of the librarian is based on unfounded generalisations and superficialities, not on the underlying functions of libraries.Ex. Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.Ex. Her notion of 'abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.* * *1) ( de persona) superficiality, shallowness; (de charla, comentario) superficiality2) ( de herida) superficiality, superficial nature* * *= superficiality, shallowness, superfluousness.Ex: Their perception of the changing role of the librarian is based on unfounded generalisations and superficialities, not on the underlying functions of libraries.
Ex: Even writing that we reject for its shallowness, its lack of penetration, demands in the very act of rejection that we match what we know of life, and of other literature, against what this writer offers = Incluso las lecturas que rechazamos por su superficialidad, por su falta de agudeza, requieren en el acto mismo del rechazo que comparemos lo que conocemos de la vida, y de otra literatura, con lo que nos ofrece su autor.Ex: Her notion of 'abjection' illuminates Arendt's claim that understanding the superfluousness of the modern human being is inseparable from grasping the emergence of radical evil.* * *A (de una persona) superficiality, shallownessB (de una herida) superficiality, superficial nature* * *
superficialidad sustantivo femenino
1 superficiality
2 (de una persona) pey superficiality, shallowness
' superficialidad' also found in these entries:
English:
superficiality
* * *1. [de herida] superficiality2. [frivolidad] superficiality* * *f superficiality, shallowness* * *: superficiality -
3 abyección
f.abjection, meanness, obliquity, perversion.* * *1 abjection, wretchedness* * *SF wretchedness, abjectness* * *a) ( acto abyecto) despicable actb) ( cualidad)* * *a) ( acto abyecto) despicable actb) ( cualidad)* * *1 (acto abyecto) despicable act2(cualidad): caer en la abyección to debase oneself* * *abyección nfFormal [bajeza] vileness;¿cómo se puede cometer una abyección así? how could anybody do something so vile? -
4 bajeza
f.1 baseness.2 vile deed.3 meanness, abjection, abjectedness, abjectness.4 vile action, contemptible action.* * *1 (acción) base action, despicable act, vile deed2 figurado baseness* * *SF1) (=maldad) vileness, baseness2) (=acto malvado) mean deed, vile deed* * *a) ( acción) despicable actb) ( cualidad) baseness* * *= turpitude.Ex. The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.* * *a) ( acción) despicable actb) ( cualidad) baseness* * *= turpitude.Ex: The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.
* * *1 (acción) despicable act2(cualidad): nunca creí que fuera capaz de tanta bajeza I never thought her capable of such baseness o of being so vile* * *
bajeza f (falta de moral) baseness, abjectness, meanness: eso fue una bajeza, that was a despicable thing to do
* * *bajeza nf1. [cualidad] baseness;actuó con bajeza she behaved basely o vilely2. [acción] vile deed* * *f1 ( calidad) baseness2 ( acto) despicable thing to do* * *bajeza nf1) : low or despicable act2) : baseness -
5 vileza
f.1 vile or despicable act.2 vileness.3 meanness, baseness, abjection, abjectness.4 vile act, despicable act, mean act, vileness.* * *1 (cualidad) vileness, baseness2 (acto) vile act, despicable deed* * *SF1) (=cualidad) vileness, foulness; (=carácter) meanness; (=injusticia) injustice2) (=acción) vile act, base deed* * ** * *= turpitude.Ex. The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.* * ** * *= turpitude.Ex: The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.
* * *( liter)1 (cualidad) vileness2 (acción) vile act, despicable deed* * *
vileza sustantivo femenino
1 (propio de vil) vileness
2 (acción) despicable o vile act
' vileza' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
English:
sliminess
* * *vileza nf1. [acción] vile o despicable act2. [cualidad] vileness* * *f1 vileness2 acción despicable act* * *vileza nf1) : vileness2) : despicable action, villainy -
6 aberración
• aberrance• aberrancy• aberration• abjection• bullheadedness• obnubilation• stubbornness• utter confusion• wrongful termination• wrongly -
7 abyección
• aberration• abjection• abjectness• perversely• perversity
См. также в других словарях:
abjection — [ abʒɛksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1372; lat. abjectio 1 ♦ Extrême degré d abaissement, d avilissement. ⇒ avilissement, indignité, infamie. Vivre dans l abjection. « La complaisance célinienne pour l abjection humaine » (Kristeva). 2 ♦ Comportement, discours… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Abjection — Ab*jec tion ([a^]b*j[e^]k sh[u^]n), n. [F. abjection, L. abjectio.] 1. The act of bringing down or humbling. The abjection of the king and his realm. Joye. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] [1913 Webster] An… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abjection — Abjection. s. f. Abbaissement, état de mépris, où est une personne. Il est tombé dans une telle abjection, que &c. Il signifie aussi Rebut, en cette phrase de l Ecriture sainte. L opprobre des hommes & l abjection du peuple … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
abjection — (n.) early 15c., from Fr. abjection (14c.), from L. abjectionem (nom. abjectio) dejection, despondency, lit. a throwing away, noun of action from pp. stem of abicere (see ABJECT (Cf. abject)) … Etymology dictionary
abjection — I noun abasement, baseness, debasement, decadence, degeneracy, degradation, demoralization, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, meanness, servility, vileness II index bad faith, bad repute, degradation, dishonor ( … Law dictionary
abjection — [abjek′shən, abjek′shən] n. 1. an abject state or condition 2. Bot. the projection of spores from a sporophore … English World dictionary
abjection — (ab jèk sion) s. f. 1° État abject. Tomber dans l abjection. Il vécut dans la débauche et l abjection. L abjection des sentiments. Pour abaisser notre orgueil et relever notre abjection. • On ne remarque chez cette nation [espagnole] aucun de … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Abjection — The term Abjection literally means the state of being cast off. In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.Abjection in Critical TheoryIn contemporary critical theory, abjection is often used to describe the… … Wikipedia
ABJECTION — s. f. Abaissement, état de mépris où est une personne. Il est tombé dans une telle abjection, que... Vivre dans l abjection. Il s est relevé de l abjection, de l état d abjection où il était tombé. Il se dit également De choses basses et… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
ABJECTION — n. f. état d’abaissement qui attire le mépris de tous. Vivre dans l’abjection. Il s’est relevé de l’abjection, de l’état d’abjection où il était tombé. Il se dit également de Choses basses et méprisables. L’abjection de ses sentiments et de ses… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
abjection — noun /æbˈdʒɛkʃən/ a) The act of bringing down or humbling. The abjection of the king and his realm. b) The state of being rejected or cast out. An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever … Wiktionary