ennoblement
- noun
- /ɪˈnoʊblmənt/
- Formal
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ennoblecimiento
- Although the adoption of the imagined identity both liberates and provides a sense of ennoblement, the satirical tone and overt bodily parody keep the speaker from getting too comfortable in the voice of authority.
Examples
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The ennoblement of individuals through their achievements can greatly enhance society's respect for them.
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Third, she said, "I have no doubt that teacher education has nothing to lose and everything to gain if it grants a privileged position to those disciplines whose subject is the human spirit—and whose goal is the ennoblement of that spirit."
Academic text (1990) -
There is a host of ill-conceived assumptions in the whole range of apocalyptic/prophetic rhetoric that has become a staple of recent Kafka criticism, as though this kind of belated ennoblement were being offered to compensate for the initial underestimation of the importance of Jewish themes in his writing.
Academic text (1993) -
She believed in the ennoblement of the human spirit through education and self-improvement.
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Many cultures acknowledge the ennoblement of warriors who have shown exceptional bravery.
Synonyms
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2.6
Giving someone a higher job at work
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9.9
The act of giving more power or wealth to someone, often unfairly
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8.5
A promotion to a more important job
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8.7
The act of making a person into a god
Antonyms
- Offensive
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4.2
A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish
How Noble
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ennoblement comes from en- 'make' added to noble, a word that meant 'high in rank' or 'famous'. So, ennoblement literally means 'making someone noble', which is why it refers to raising a person's social or moral status.