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debasementenUK
de·base D0061700 (dĭ-bās′)tr.v. de·based, de·bas·ing, de·bas·es To lower in character, quality, or value; degrade.
[de- + base.]
de·base′ment n.de·bas′er n.Synonyms: debase, degrade, abase, demean2
These verbs mean to lower in character or quality. Debase implies reduction in quality or value: "debasing the moral currency" (George Eliot).
Degrade implies reduction to a state of shame or disgrace: "If I pitied you for crying ... you should spurn such pity.... Rise, and don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile!" (Emily Brontë).
Abase refers principally to loss of rank or prestige: "Meg pardoned him, and Mrs. March's grave face relaxed ... when she heard him declare that he would ... abase himself like a worm before the injured damsel" (Louisa May Alcott).
Demean suggests lowering in social position: "It puts him where he can make the advances without demeaning himself" (William Dean Howells). See Also Synonyms at corrupt.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | debasement - being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulteratingadulterationimpureness, impurity - the condition of being impure | | 2. | debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)degradationchange of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristicsdehumanisation, dehumanization - the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life"animalisation, animalization, brutalisation, brutalization - an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualitiesbarbarisation, barbarization - an act that makes people primitive and uncivilizedbastardisation, bastardization - an act that debases or corruptssubversion, corruption - destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"demoralization, demoralisation - destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policydeadening, constipation, stultification, impairment - the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization - the act of making something attractive to the general publicprofanation - degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapeningabasement, humiliation - depriving one of self-esteemvulgarisation, vulgarization - the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined |
debasementnoun1. contamination, devaluation, reduction, pollution, depreciation, adulteration the progressive debasement of knowledge2. degradation, corruption, perversion, abasement, baseness, depravity fantasies of domination and debasementdebasementnounA lowering in or deprivation of character or self-esteem:abasement, degradation, humiliation, mortification.TranslationsDebasementenUK
DebasementThe act of lowering the value of something, especially a coin. In the past, a government would melt coins down and mix them with a metal of lower value in order to create more coins of the same denomination. This inevitably caused inflation, though it is unclear how well these governments understood that. Because few currencies are now based on a precious metal, debasement it rare.debasementenUK
Synonyms for debasementnoun contaminationSynonyms- contamination
- devaluation
- reduction
- pollution
- depreciation
- adulteration
noun degradationSynonyms- degradation
- corruption
- perversion
- abasement
- baseness
- depravity
Synonyms for debasementnoun a lowering in or deprivation of character or self-esteemSynonyms- abasement
- degradation
- humiliation
- mortification
Synonyms for debasementnoun being mixed with extraneous materialSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun changing to a lower state (a less respected state)SynonymsRelated Words- change of state
- dehumanisation
- dehumanization
- animalisation
- animalization
- brutalisation
- brutalization
- barbarisation
- barbarization
- bastardisation
- bastardization
- subversion
- corruption
- demoralization
- demoralisation
- deadening
- constipation
- stultification
- impairment
- popularisation
- popularization
- vulgarisation
- vulgarization
- profanation
- abasement
- humiliation
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