indignity

[ in-dig-ni-tee ]

/ ɪnˈdɪg nɪ ti /

an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.

Obsolete. disgrace or disgraceful action.

Origin of indignity

1575–85; < Latin indignitās unworthiness, equivalent to indign(us) indign + -itās -ity

1 outrage. See insult.

And the idea of a hidden-camera video showing real-life examples of the indignities women face is hardly an original one.

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I read it in their papers describing the thousand daily cuts and fears and indignities.

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Most of us hate the indignities of air travel but for some Americans, Sikhs especially, airport security is humiliating.

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Still, my mother and I maintain hope that she can return someday, without the indignities of interrogation.

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Millions of tall Americans suffer these indignities silently, because there has been no one to give us voice.

How Can the Republicans Take Back the Majority? |Megan McArdle |November 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Quivering with indignation she gave details of the indignities to which she had been subjected.

Just William |Richmal Crompton
To one less moved by fancied insults and indignities the case would have looked hopeless.

Up The Baltic |Oliver Optic
Everywhere the wretched inhabitants of the reformed faith were compelled to submit to gross indignities, or seek safety in flight.

History of the Rise of the Huguenots |Henry Baird
And can indignities of any kind be properly pardoned till we have it in our power to punish them?

Clarissa, Or The History Of A Young Lady, Volume 8 |Samuel Richardson
Substance of a letter from Lovelace, resenting the indignities he receives from her relations.

Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) |Samuel Richardson

indignity

/ (ɪnˈdɪɡnɪtɪ) /

injury to one's self-esteem or dignity; humiliation

obsolete disgrace or disgraceful character or conduct