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DEBASEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
Synonyms:
debasement; degradation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("debasement" is a kind of...):
change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "debasement"):
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)
Derivation:
debase (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
Synonyms:
adulteration; debasement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("debasement" is a kind of...):
impureness; impurity (the condition of being impure)
Derivation:
debase (corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones)
