degradation
noun
the act of degrading.
degradations
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pluralof degradation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“He’s the guy that we put through a series of degradations and humiliations, but like the Energizer Bunny, he keeps coming back. By braving all of these things, he becomes extremely endearing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
Under Hawpe’s leadership, the Courier Journal successfully fought to rein in the excesses and environmental degradations of the mining industry.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
The Powell case made headlines not long after Anita Hill had testified in the Senate about the degradations she’d suffered in the workplace.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2020
The boy keeps thinking of King’s remarks about “the degradations of Jim Crow and the need to transform that degradation into action.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2019
But within our boundaries we, too, drew a line that included our right to bread regardless of the indignities or degradations involved in getting it.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
