demean

1. V-T To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them. 降低…的身份; 貶低

Some groups say that pornography demeans women and incites rape. 一些組織聲稱色情作品貶低婦女，并引發(fā)強(qiáng)奸案。

2. V to behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified way 使(自己)言行舉止特殊化[RARE]