Debasement

de·base  (d-bs)

tr.v. de·based, de·bas·ing, de·bas·es

To lower in character, quality, or value; degrade. See Synonyms at adulterate, corrupt, degrade.

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[de- + base.]

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de·basement n.

de·baser n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	debasement - being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating adulteration impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure
	2.	debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state) degradation change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics dehumanisation, dehumanization - the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life" animalisation, animalization, brutalisation, brutalization - an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities barbarisation, barbarization - an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized bastardisation, bastardization - an act that debases or corrupts subversion, corruption - 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" demoralization, demoralisation - destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy deadening, constipation, stultification, impairment - the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) popularisation, popularization, vulgarisation, vulgarization - the act of making something attractive to the general public profanation - degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening abasement, humiliation - depriving one of self-esteem vulgarisation, vulgarization - the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined