debasement
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7.5
- noun
- /dɪˈbeɪsmənt/
:
degradación
- Yet in the midst of her physical debasement, she never wholly loses a kind of moral integrity.
- moral debasement
- debasement of education
And cults frankly count on debasement as a recruitment and retention tool.
- And cults frankly count on debasement as a recruitment and retention tool.
Examples
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For teachers, it is difficult to undo years of self-debasement that can accompany actual academic and social failure.
Academic text (1992) -
The second story is about the abject debasement of a mother by the government.
Blog text (30) -
I hold you personally responsible for its current debasement.
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And all this is contributing to the "social debasement" of America.
Blog text (21) -
Thus, it can be argued that scholarship has become the moral debasement of education.
Academic text (1999) -
And the social debasement is already easy to see in the United States, according to Grice.
Blog text (21) -
Within Lope's contemporary society, feminization amounts to a personal debasement.
Academic text (2003) -
H.L. Mencken argued that hygiene was the moral debasement of medicine.
Academic text (1999) -
The party-state was also singled out for its "debasement" of women that placed them at odds with their traditional roles and jeopardized their reproductive function.
Academic text (1991) -
The politician faced public outrage due to the perceived debasement of moral values in his policies.
Synonyms
35
5.1
Shame and loss of respect after bad actions
33
6.8
The process of making land, water, or buildings worse over time
11
3.9
A move of someone to a lower job rank at work
8
7.5
A process of becoming worse in condition, quality, or morals
4
6.7
A decrease in size, strength or importance
4
7.8
Treating people like objects or animals and hurting their dignity
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8.4
Treating a person as shameful so others avoid or blame them
1
8.9
A feeling of deep shame when people treat you as unimportant
1
6.2
An action that makes someone seem unimportant or less valuable
1
8.6
A remark or action that unfairly harms someone's reputation
1
8.7
The act of making a person or thing seem not accepted by many people
1
7.1
Making someone feel small or unimportant
1
6.3
Words that make a person or their work seem unimportant
1
9.3
The act of making someone or something seem less legitimate
A loss of respect that makes people think less of someone
Antonyms
How Degraded
Surface Forms
Morphology
debasement = basement (semi-transparent) = de + base + ment
The prefix 'de-' indicates reduction or removal, but the specific meaning of reducing respect or value is not immediately obvious.
Etymology
Debasement comes from de- 'down' and base 'low', so it literally means 'bringing down' something; this is why we use it for lowering a person's reputation or the value and respect of things.