Synonyms for debasement
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Noun
1. Degradation — the act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or…
degradation, perversion, corruption, deterioration, adulteration, humiliation, disgrace, degeneration, defilement, depression, reduction, abasement, depravation, profanation, debauchment, depravity, degeneracy, vitiation, pollution rare, embasement dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.
Forms
- Plural
- debasements → degradations, perversions, corruptions, deteriorations…
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Adulteration, debasement, and deterioration are always used in the bad sense; admixture is neutral, and may be good or bad; alloy is commonly good in the literal sense.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
- degradation Starch degradation is linked to a circadian clock.
- deterioration Let's stop the deterioration of the natural environment.
- perversion Your red cheeks give away your perversion.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| debasement | steady | |
| corruption | rising | |
| degradation | rising | |
| deterioration | falling | |
| perversion | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- disgrace2
- 9 letters
- reduction3, pollution3, depravity4, abasement, vitiation
- 10 letters
- depression3, corruption3, perversion3, degeneracy5, defilement, embasement
- 11 letters
- degradation4, humiliation5, depravation4, profanation4, debauchment
- 12 letters
- degeneration5, adulteration5
- 13 letters
- deterioration6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (disgrace2 = 2 syllables).