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dehumanisation, dehumanization
the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
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animalisation, animalization, brutalisation, brutalization
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
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barbarisation, barbarization
an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
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bastardisation, bastardization
an act that debases or corrupts
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corruption, subversion
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
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demoralisation, demoralization
destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
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constipation, deadening, impairment, stultification
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
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popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization
the act of making something attractive to the general public
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profanation
degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening
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abasement, humiliation
depriving one of self-esteem
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vulgarisation, vulgarization
the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined
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comedown
decline to a lower status or level