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Literature has often employed the word "deject" to evoke a sense of discouragement or diminished spirit in its characters or settings. In David Hume’s work, the term is associated with emotions such as humility and shame, suggesting that internal states can lead to a significant drain on one’s energy and drive ([1]). Conversely, in François Rabelais's narrative, "deject" is used more contrastively to emphasize that even those in high spirits or within exalted groups are not immune to the potential for disheartenment, although the context reveals their resilience rather than defeat ([2]). Through these differing contexts, both examples illustrate how "deject" serves as a powerful descriptor of emotional downturns, whether stemming from internal moral failings or external pressures.
  1. Anger and hatred bestow a new force on all our thoughts and actions; while humility and shame deject and discourage us.
    — from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
  2. This did not dishearten or deject the golden party; far from it.
    — from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

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