debasement
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɪˈbeɪsmənt/
debasement
- The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality.
- 1832, Edgar Allan Poe, "Bon Bon":
- His large water-dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master, betrayed his sense of inferiority by a sanctity of deportment, a debasement of the ears, and a dropping of the lower jaw not altogether unworthy of a dog.
- 2009, Gilbert Cruz, "[http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1870930,00.html The Many Faces of Addiction] (Book review of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life by Benoit Denizet-Lewis)," Time, 12 Jan.:
- There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.
- 1832, Edgar Allan Poe, "Bon Bon":
- The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
- French: avilissement
- German: Münzentwertung
- Spanish: envilecimiento
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