Lexicographical Neighbors of Declassing
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Literary usage of Declassing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. German Life in Town and Country by William Harbutt Dawson (1901)
"Time was when paid occupations were eschewed as declassing women of a certain
social position. The lady author worked in secret for years before she dare ..."
2. American Life by Paul de Rousiers (1891)
"This is a kind-of declassing which one who had lived for some time in the West
would not expect to find; but, nevertheless, it exists,-and ..."
3. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America; Monograph of an Immigrant Group by William Isaac Thomas, Florian Znaniecki (1918)
"... just or unjust, is one of the most important causes of suicide. Another intensely
felt public disgrace is that which follows ruin and the declassing ..."
4. Youma: The Story of a West-Indian Slave by Lafcadio Hearn (1890)
"... the results of abandoning her friends, her birthplace, her duties,—of declassing
herself forever,—of losing the esteem of all who put trust in her. ..."
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