Degradation is the act of lowering something or someone to a less respected state. A president resigning from office is a degradation. It’s also a downcast state. Once the president has resigned, he might feel degradation.
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;
Noun
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
Noun
a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
n.
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.
n.
The state of being reduced in rank, character, or
reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy;
disgrace; abasement; debasement.
n.
Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or
value; degeneration; deterioration.
n.
A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and
banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
n.
The state or condition of a species or group which
exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
n.
Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ,
or of the body as a whole.
Degradation
He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed.2.
The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters.
Deplorable is the degradation of our nature.
Moments there frequently must be, when a sier is sensible of the degradation of his state.3.
The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced.4.
The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties.6.
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;
Usage Examples
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die that is to say, civilization will die.
I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.
Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation.
The three great problems of this century the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe national debate on health care once centered on improving access to quality care, yet the effect of Obamacare will be the exact opposite, resulting in the shameful degradation of care for the neediest individuals.
One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional.
War is a blessing compared with national degradation.
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