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debasement

[ dih-beys-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act of reducing the quality or value of something:

    The moment any paper currency is firmly linked back to gold, the debasement of paper money stops.

  2. the fact or state of being lowered in dignity, character, or importance:

    Rich and greedy, he chose debasement, disgrace, and dishonorable practices in order to get even richer.



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Other 51Թ Forms

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But its inevitable outcome, he argues, is mob rule, bitter factional division, the debasement of civic culture and finally some version of Caesarism.

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He framed humor as an act of self-aggrandizement premised on the debasement of others.

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But verbal debasement, and the threat of an extended punishment of silence and dismissal, held me back.

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McCarthy's debasement is only compounded because of all the details that have become public, showing how willing he is to fluff Trump's pillows and wipe Trump's brow.

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But Ruscha’s wallpaper also collided head-on with the critically derided prohibition against decoration, claimed as art’s utter debasement.

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