Word: demeaningly
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...This could well be the thought behind Kilfoyle’s claim that “it is the UN that should decide on military action, not President Bush”—but, again, he neglects to offer reasons for his beliefs. I do not mean to demean the importance of consensus within a democratic community committed to a common set of values. But the world is not a democracy; its nations are not, as a whole, committed to democratic values; and it is precisely for these reasons that consensus often becomes morally impotent in international contexts. Consider...
...leaders are allowed to trade in this same currency, aided and abetted by the media, albeit in more subtle ways than al Qaeda or Hamas? How is it that an independent voice like Noam Chomsky is denied a platform in his own country, whilst poisonous bile is allowed to demean whole cultures and peoples by default...
...Savannah, Ga., chapter of the N.A.A.C.P. from 1950 to '76, who engineered desegregation of the city and later helped develop a museum dedicated to the area's civil rights movement; in Savannah. He chose to be known by his initials so it would be harder for people to demean him by calling him by his first name...
...administration should start showing some respect to those men and women who represent the school on the athletic playing fields. Do not demean their personal sacrifices by paying lip service to “competitiveness” while simultaneously reducing athletic recruiting for their teams. Honor their commitment to Harvard and their desire for excellence by supporting their goals for collective school victory on the fields of varsity competition...
There’s merit to Impact’s concern about common objections to beauty pageants—that they demean women by putting them on display as physical marvels devoid of personality. Pageant consultants teach contestants to layer on the make-up, rip off the wax, fill out the bra, and above all else, not to think too much. Interviews are not about authenticity; they’re about practice. Winning competitors must manufacture an identity and, in so doing, discard emotion and intellect in search of validation...