Definition of Demean

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Demean

To manage; to conduct; to treat.

To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Management; treatment.

Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.

Demesne.

Resources; means.

Related Definitions:

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Demean Quotations

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
Philip Zimbardo

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
David Sarnoff

Demean Translations

demean in German is sich benehmen
demean in Spanish is rebajar

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