LEARNit Dictionary
demean
verb
/dɪˈmiːn/
UK
/dɪˈmiːn/
US
1
to do something that makes people have less respect for you
تحقیر کردن, کم ارزش کردن, خوار کردن, بیارزش کردن
2
to make people have less respect for somebody/something
تحقیر کردن, خوار کردن, کمارزش کردن
Such images demean women.
Behaviour like this demeans politics.
synonym
degrade