DEBASEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)