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debasement

DEFINITIONS OF: debasement

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n being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating

Synonyms:
adulteration
Type of:
impureness, impurity
the condition of being impure

n changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

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