"debasement" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Being mixed with extraneous material;
The product of adulterating (synset 114511027)
is a type of: impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure

same as: adulteration
Changing to a lower state (a less respected state) (synset 100272107)
is a type of: change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
subtypes:
- 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
same as: degradation