degradation
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃən/
- Twenty-one million Americans endure osteoarthritis, a painful degradation of cartilage in the knees and other joints.
- humiliation and degradation
- moral degradation
- human degradation
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Watch on YouTubeBut that's not freedom, that's degradation.
- But that's not freedom, that's degradation.
- For their own degradation by degrading and oppressing others, Rousseau says.
- Oh, so you like doing like a body degradation thing?
- And they say we bring him Satan, sacrifices, lives, paid in blood, in degradation, Right?
Examples
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There's been really a degradation of the patient doctor relationship over the years.
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The most common acts of hazing involved public verbal humiliation or degradation, which generally went unreported.
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Why do I have to be exposed to this degradation over and over again?
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We will offer pride and dignity... to those who have known only degradation.
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The Church, he thinks, is a necessary restraint on what would otherwise be degradation and chaos.
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Fifty years later, scapegoating and human degradation are now routinely accepted.
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In both cases, enhancement leads not to human improvement, but rather to human degradation and loss of dignity.
Academic text (2003) -
A cruel action cited by one participant was the degradation of people with disabilities.
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Thus, negritude acquired positive being where before it had been a mark of degradation and inferiority.
Academic text (1991) -
Experiencing constant degradation can have a severe impact on a person's self-esteem.
Synonyms
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3.7
Loss of respect or honor after doing something shameful
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4.2
A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish
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5.1
Shame and loss of respect after bad actions
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7.5
A process of becoming worse in condition, quality, or morals
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7.5
Making a person or thing less respected and less valued
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7.8
Treating people like objects or animals and hurting their dignity
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9.3
A fall in moral and social standards showing corruption
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8.9
A feeling of deep shame when people treat you as unimportant
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8.2
A loss of respect that makes people think less of someone
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9.9
A feeling of being very low, ashamed, and rejected by others
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9.0
The state of being seen as not respectable or having a bad reputation
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.9
A system that keeps basic functions when parts fail instead of stopping completely
How Humiliated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word degradation comes from de- 'down' and gradus 'step', just like grade and degrade. So to be degraded is to be 'stepped down' in honor or position, which is why degradation means a low or humiliated state.