| has gloss | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
degradation, debasement |
| lexicalization | eng: debasement |
| lexicalization | eng: degradation |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
change of state |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined
vulgarisation, vulgarization |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life"
dehumanisation, dehumanization |
| has subclass | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
animalisation, brutalization, animalization, brutalisation |
| has subclass | (noun) an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
barbarisation, barbarization |
| has subclass | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts
bastardisation, bastardization |
| has subclass | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
subversion, corruption |
| has subclass | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
demoralization, demoralisation |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
impairment, deadening, constipation, stultification |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of making something attractive to the general public
vulgarisation, popularization, popularisation, vulgarization |
| has subclass | (noun) degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening
profanation |
| has subclass | (noun) depriving one of self-esteem
humiliation, abasement |