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Etymology: Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare, from Latin humilis low.
To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes. While related to the word "humble," it is possible for one to be humiliated and not humbled.
Humiliation need not involve another person; it can be a recognition of one's own standing, and can be a way of casting away false pride.
Humiliation of one person by another (humiliator) is often used as a way of asserting power over others, and is a common form of oppression or abuse. However, it can also be consensual, as part of an agreement with a lover of erotic humiliation. In either of these cases, it may be motivated by sadism. In addition, many punishments are deliberately designed to be humiliating, e.g. tarring and feathering, pillory, mark of infamy (stigma).
Physical abuse is, in addition to the physical damage, also humiliating, as is intimidation. Rape may, in addition to being humiliating, cause physical damage, including being infected by a sexually transmitted disease, and also the physical abuse of making an unwilling woman pregnant.
Humiliation in sport can be regarded as defeat by a large margin - unless the opposing team has so much better circumstances that such a defeat is seen as unavoidable, such as a national team of a very small country losing against a much larger country.
Especially a defeat suffered without some believable effort to prevent it, a defeat suffered by simply refusing to fight back, can cause complete loss of face or dignity by a person or team.
In sports such as paintball, being hit excessively, thus being covered with paint, is considered humiliating. In this case, the similarity to the extreme humiliation of being covered with excrement adds to the humiliation of defeat at sports.
★ Verbal humiliation
★ Self-abasement
★ Degradation
★ Dehumanization
★ Embarrassment
★ Hazing
★ Bullying
★ Social defeat
★ Just Fight On! Centre Against Workplace Bullying UK
★ mobbing.ca (Mobbing resources in Canada)
★ Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes. While related to the word "humble," it is possible for one to be humiliated and not humbled.
| Contents |
| Humiliation of the self |
| Humiliation of others |
| Humiliation in sport |
| See also |
| External links |
Humiliation of the self
Humiliation need not involve another person; it can be a recognition of one's own standing, and can be a way of casting away false pride.
Humiliation of others
Humiliation of one person by another (humiliator) is often used as a way of asserting power over others, and is a common form of oppression or abuse. However, it can also be consensual, as part of an agreement with a lover of erotic humiliation. In either of these cases, it may be motivated by sadism. In addition, many punishments are deliberately designed to be humiliating, e.g. tarring and feathering, pillory, mark of infamy (stigma).
Physical abuse is, in addition to the physical damage, also humiliating, as is intimidation. Rape may, in addition to being humiliating, cause physical damage, including being infected by a sexually transmitted disease, and also the physical abuse of making an unwilling woman pregnant.
Humiliation in sport
Humiliation in sport can be regarded as defeat by a large margin - unless the opposing team has so much better circumstances that such a defeat is seen as unavoidable, such as a national team of a very small country losing against a much larger country.
Especially a defeat suffered without some believable effort to prevent it, a defeat suffered by simply refusing to fight back, can cause complete loss of face or dignity by a person or team.
In sports such as paintball, being hit excessively, thus being covered with paint, is considered humiliating. In this case, the similarity to the extreme humiliation of being covered with excrement adds to the humiliation of defeat at sports.
See also
★ Verbal humiliation
★ Self-abasement
★ Degradation
★ Dehumanization
★ Embarrassment
★ Hazing
★ Bullying
★ Social defeat
External links
★ Just Fight On! Centre Against Workplace Bullying UK
★ mobbing.ca (Mobbing resources in Canada)
★ Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
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