Demean

/dɪˈmiːn/ · verb

Meaning

To debase; to lower; to degrade..

Definitions by Sense

1. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
2. To humble; to humiliate.
3. To mortify.
4. (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
5. (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
6. (obsolete) Management; treatment.
7. (obsolete) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
8. demesne.

Example Sentences

It was, of course, Mrs. Sedley's opinion that her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter.

But now, as our obdurate clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.

they have demean'd themselves Like men born to renown by life or death.

They answered […] that they should demean themselves according to their instructions.

Pursu'd him streight, in mynd to bene ywroken / Of all the vile demeane, and vsage bad

with grave demean and solemn vanity

‘When thou hast all this doen, then bring me newes / Of his demeane […].’

Concerning FE estimation, it makes no difference whether you demean the data with unit-specific means computed on (balanced) T observations per unit, or with unit-specific means computed on (unbalanced) Tᵢ observations per unit.

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• demeans
• demeaning
• demeaned

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