Editing Humiliation (section)

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{{Short description|Abasement of pride}}

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'''Humiliation''' is the abasement of [[pride]], which creates mortification or leads to a state of being [[Humility|humbled]] or reduced to lowliness or [[submission]]. It is an emotion felt by a person whose [[social status]], either by force or willingly, has just decreased.<ref>Burton, Neel.  [https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201408/the-psychology-humiliation "The Psychology of Humiliation"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221113745/https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/hide-and-seek/201408/the-psychology-humiliation |date=21 February 2023 }}. ''Psychology Today''. 27 August 2014. 10 October 2016.</ref> It can be brought about through [[intimidation]], physical or mental [[mistreatment]] or trickery, or by [[embarrassment]] if a person is revealed to have committed a socially or legally unacceptable act. Whereas humility can be sought alone as a means to de-emphasize the ego, humiliation must involve other person(s), though not necessarily directly or willingly.

Humiliation is currently an active research topic, and is now seen as an important – and complex – core dynamic in human [[Interpersonal relationship|relationships]], having implications at intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional and international levels.<ref name=Lindner>Lindner, Evelin, Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict. London, England: Praeger Security International, 2006.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=General Assembly|first=Presbyterian Board of Publications, 1886|date=1886|editor-last=William Eves|editor-first=Moore|title=The Presbyterian Digest of 1886: A Compend of the Acts, and Deliverances of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America|journal=Presbyterianism|publisher=Presbyterian Board of Publications, 1886|pages=238}}</ref>