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Noun degradation has 2 senses
  1. degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
    --1 is a kind of change of state
    --1 has particulars:
     dehumanization, dehumanisation; brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation; barbarization, barbarisation; bastardization, bastardisation; corruption, subversion; demoralization, demoralisation; stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening; popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation; profanation; humiliation, abasement; vulgarization, vulgarisation
    Derived forms: verb degrade2, verb degrade3
  2. abasement, degradation, abjection - a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
    --2 is a kind of humiliation
    --2 has particulars:
     degeneracy, degeneration, decadence, decadency; depth
    Derived forms: verb degrade2, verb degrade3
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