degrader
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8.6
- noun
- /dɪˈɡreɪdər/
- The commission argued that the poor are major degraders of the environment in developing countries.
Examples
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The new factory regulations aim to reduce the number of degraders in the local ecosystem.
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In one approach, the best waste degraders are selected from the site, grown in a laboratory, and returned to the site.
Academic text (1991) -
Romney has close associations with Paul Ryan, Todd Akin, Roger Rivard, Rick Berg, and Richard Mourdock, who have been cast as women degraders in the worst light.
Blog text (15) -
The report highlighted several key degraders that are negatively impacting the community's quality of life.
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To improve the park, we must address the degraders that diminish its natural beauty.
Synonyms
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7.1
A person who says bad things about someone or something to make them seem less good
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7.9
A person or thing that destroys something
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8.7
A person who says mean things about someone, often publicly
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7.0
A person who destroys things or causes a lot of damage
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7.5
A person who damages public walls and buildings by writing or painting on them
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8.6
A person who unfairly says bad things about someone to make them seem unimportant
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8.6
A person or thing that makes something worse and less able to work
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8.5
A person who says bad things about people or things to make them seem unimportant
A person who makes something worse or less valuable
A person or thing that makes something weaker and less pure
A person who says something has little value
A person who always finds faults in ideas or work
Antonyms
How Degrading
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word degrader comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' and grade meaning 'step' or 'level', the same root you see in grade. So a degrader is someone who 'steps something down' — that is, who lowers its quality or rank.