abaissant

Derived from the present participle of abaisser (“to lower, morally degrade”) + -ant

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /abɛsɑ̃/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /abɛːsɑ̃/, /abɛːsã/

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• Homophone: abaissants

abaissant (feminine singular abaissante, masculine plural abaissants, feminine plural abaissantes)

1. (dated) Rendering morally inferior; degrading, demeaning.
   • 1860, Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, Les Oeuvres et les Hommes, Preface,

     L’auteur […] n’a jamais eu à subir comme les orateurs de métier la tyrannie toujours abaissante d'un auditoire, qu'ils croient mener et qui les domine — Unlike career speakers, the author never had to endure the degrading tyranny of an audience they believe they are leading, and yet actually controls them.

2. lowering

• rabaissant (current)

abaissant

1. present participle of abaisser

• “abaissant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).