debasement
noun
the act of reducing the quality or value of something.
self-debasement
-
a word derived from
debasement.
Example Sentences
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Accompanied by an ironic, 1940s-style classic-noir score, Under the Silver Lake’s first hour contains its strongest scenes, as Mitchell reveals ever-newer depths to Sam’s lunacy and self-debasement.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2019
The English came away with ample material for self-debasement, one of their treasured national pastimes.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2010
But when such halfway measures fail, the individual who denies his autonomy confronts a more dreadful alternative: convinced at last of his own valuelessness, he must revolt against this self-debasement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prayer, supplication, and self-debasement before their gods seem to have been their delight.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
It is impossible to imagine a finer or more complete specimen of self-debasement than that which she exhibited upon this occasion.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Francis Augustus Cox
