The debate continues to rage over whether an anti-Muslim group was justified in insulting every Muslim on the planet. As you may know two jihadis were killed by a brave police officer in Garland, Texas on Sunday after they tried to storm a conference held by the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
Demean
"lower in dignity," c. 1600, perhaps from de- "down" + mean (adj.) and modeled on debase. Indistinguishable in some uses from obsolete demean (seedemeanor) which influenced it and may be its true source. Related: Demeaned; demeaning.
: to conduct or behave (oneself) usually in a proper manner
: to lower in character, status, or reputation
to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase:
He demeaned himself by accepting the bribe.
Reverend Graham reflects the Christian point of view that you don't demean other people unnecessarily.
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Demeanor
U] 처신, 거동, 행실, 품행(conduct); 태도, 몸가짐; 표정late 15c., from obsolete Middle English demean "handle, manage, conduct," later "behave in a certain way" (early 14c.), from Old French demener (11c.) "to guide, conduct; to live, dwell," from de- "completely" (see de-) + mener "to lead, direct," from Latin minare "to threaten," in Late Latin "to drive (a herd of animals);" see menace. Sense in English evolved from notion of "conduct, manage" (oneself). Spelling changed by influence of nouns in -or, -our.
: a person's appearance and behavior : the way someone seems to be to other people
- <the director of the opera company has a haughty demeanor that can be irritating>
- Staffs like the one at Veritas have come a long way from the days when sommeliers … intimidated diners with their overbearing demeanor and French accents. —Food & Wine, September 2002
- Sam himself, a quiet young man with a rather shy demeanor, was somewhat bemused by all this attention. —Lola Oberman, Bird Watcher's Digest, November/December 1994
- [VERB] If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
- [VERB] To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.
Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
And in order to do that, you have to rally the world to the side of good, our side. Emotional displays like insulting the Prophet Mohammed make it more difficult to rally law-abiding Muslims for example including nations like Jordan and Egypt who are actually fighting the fanatical Islamists.
It says Hillary Clinton's trustworthy numbers have actually risen by six points since the email and Clinton Foundation controversies. They are up.
Now the "Times" poll was comprised of 41 percent Democrats, 34 percent Republicans, the rest do not define themselves.
Tout
1700, thieves' cant, "to act as a lookout, spy on," from Middle English tuten "to peep, peer," probably from a variant of Old English totian "to stick out, peep, peer," from Proto-Germanic *tut- "project" (cognates: Dutch tuit "sprout, snout," Middle Dutch tute "nipple, pap," Middle Low German tute "horn, funnel," Old Norse tota "teat, toe of a shoe"). The sense developed to "look out for jobs, votes, customers, etc., to try to get them" (1731), then "praise highly in an attempt to sell" (1920). Related: Touted; touting.
: to talk about (something or someone) as being very good, effective, skillful, etc.
: to try to persuade people to buy your goods or services
(사람들을 설득하기 위해) 장점을 내세우다
: to buy tickets for an event and resell them at a much higher price(scalp)
- The company is running advertisements touting the drug's effectiveness.
- The company's stock is being touted by many financial advisers.
- People were touting tickets outside the stadium.
"Talking Points" has been in business for about 19 years. And in that time I have seen a massive shift in how information is delivered to the American people today.
Americans who consume news and information have more vehicles available than ever before. We're not Germany in the 30's or Russia under Stalin. We can get to the truth if we put in the effort. But many of us do not do that. These people are called low information voters. And those folks can easily be manipulated by a dishonest media and clever politicians.
