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degradation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abasement, abjection |
| Type of | humiliation |
| Has types | depth, degeneracy, degeneration, decadency, decadence |
| Derivation | degrade |
degradation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | debasement |
| Type of | change of state |
| Has types | brutalisation, brutalization, constipation, corruption, deadening, dehumanisation, dehumanization, demoralisation, demoralization, humiliation, impairment, popularisation, popularization, profanation, stultification, subversion, vulgarisation, vulgarization, abasement, animalisation, animalization, barbarisation, barbarization, bastardisation, bastardization |
| Derivation | degrade |
Examples of degradation
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So we have seen no degradation in their ability to execute the security profile.
From the abcnews.go.com
Floods and droughts and topsoil degradation destroy crops just as they ever did.
From the guardian.co.uk
Rain and humidity also play important roles in their absorption and degradation.
From the sciencedaily.com
There is a degradation of intellect, taste and dignity about the entire musical.
From the time.com
Such land is now reaching saturation level and soil degradation has intensified.
From the sciencedaily.com
His legal team argued that degradation of the urine had caused a false positive.
From the nytimes.com
Second, regulated protein degradation plays a central role in hormone signaling.
From the nature.com
E3 ubiquitin ligase Itch promotes poly-ubiquitination and degradation of RASSF5.
From the nature.com
Youth unemployment will be tackled, they say, as will environmental degradation.
From the economist.com
- Changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- Abasement: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
- (degrade) reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- (degrade) take down: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
- (degrade) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
- (degraded) debauched: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
- In geology, degradation refers to the lowering of a fluvial surface, such as a stream bed or floodplain, through erosional processes. It is the opposite of aggradation. ...
- In telecommunication, degradation, which may be categorized as either "graceful" or "catastrophic", has the following meanings: #The deterioration in quality, level, or standard of performance of a functional unit. ...
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop; The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, ...
