HyperDic: degradation

English > 2 senses of the word *degradation*:
NOUN	act	degradation, debasement	changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
NOUN	state	degradation, abasement, abjection	a low or downcast state

degradation > pronunciation
Sounds	deh.grahdey'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *degradation*: 2 senses > noun 1, act
Meaning	changing to a lower state (a less respected state).
Synonym	debasement
Narrower	barbarization, barbarisation	An act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
	bastardization, bastardisation	An act that debases or corrupts
	brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation	An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
	corruption, subversion	Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
	dehumanization, dehumanisation	The act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
	demoralization, demoralisation	Destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
	humiliation, abasement	depriving one of self-esteem
	popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation	The act of making something attractive to the general public
	profanation	degradation of something worthy of respect
	stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening	The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
	vulgarization, vulgarisation	The act of rendering something coarse and unrefined
Broader	change of state	The act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics / characteristics
Spanish	degradación
Catalan	degradació, enviliment
Verbs	degrade	lower the grade of something
Verbs	degrade	reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

English > *degradation*: 2 senses > noun 2, state
Meaning	A low or downcast state.
Synonyms	abasement, abjection
Narrower	degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency	The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
Narrower	depth	(usually plural) a low moral state
Broader	humiliation	state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
Spanish	abyección, degradación
Catalan	abjecció, degradació
Verbs	degrade	lower the grade of something
Verbs	degrade	reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

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