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degradation - changing to a lower state (a less respected state) |
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debasement |
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change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
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dehumanisation,
dehumanization the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life"
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animalisation,
animalization,
brutalisation,
brutalization a depiction in the form of an animal
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barbarisation,
barbarization an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
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bastardisation,
bastardization an act that debases or corrupts
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corruption,
subversion inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"
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demoralisation,
demoralization destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
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constipation,
deadening,
impairment,
stultification irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
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popularisation,
popularization,
vulgarisation,
vulgarization the act of making something attractive to the general public
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profanation degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening
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abasement,
humiliation a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
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vulgarisation,
vulgarization the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined
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