degradation

deg·ra·da·tion  (dgr-dshn)

n.

1. The act or process of degrading.

2. The state of being degraded; degeneration.

3. A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level.

4. Geology A general lowering of the earth's surface by erosion or weathering.

5. Chemistry Decomposition of a compound by stages, exhibiting well-defined intermediate products.

6. Computer Science The state in which a computer operates when some of its memory or peripherals are not available.

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degra·dative adj.

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degradation [ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃən]

n

1. the act of degrading or the state of being degraded

2. (Social Welfare) a state of degeneration, squalor, or poverty

3. some act, constraint, etc., that is degrading

4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the wearing down of the surface of rocks, cliffs, etc., by erosion, weathering, or some other process

5. (Chemistry) Chem a breakdown of a molecule into atoms or smaller molecules

6. (Physics / General Physics) Physics an irreversible process in which the energy available to do work is decreased

7. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church the permanent unfrocking of a priest

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	degradation - changing to a lower state (a less respected state) debasement 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
	2.	degradation - a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken abasement, abjection humiliation - state of disgrace or loss of self-respect decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration - the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities depth - (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction"

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degradation

noun

1. disgrace, shame, humiliation, discredit, ignominy, dishonour, mortification scenes of misery and degradation

2. deterioration, decline, decadence, degeneration, perversion, degeneracy, debasement, abasement the progressive degradation of the state

3. (Technical) decay, deterioration, degeneration, atrophy, wasting away land degradation in arid zones

Translations

degradation [ˌdegrəˈdeɪʃən] N → degradación f

degradation [ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃ^ən] n

(= terrible situation) → déchéance f
squalor and degradation → la misère et la déchéance

(= deterioration) [culture] → détérioration f

[land, environment] → dégradation f

degradation

n → Erniedrigung f; (Geol) → Erosion f; (Chem) → Abbau m; the appalling degradation of the jails → die schrecklich entwürdigenden Zustände in den Gefängnissen

degradation [ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃ/ən] n → degradazione f

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degradation [ˌdɛgrəˈdeɪʃ/ən] n → degradazione f