debasement

debasement

1. kolikon metallipitoisuuden alentaminen

Liittyvät sanat: debase

Synonyymisanakirja

debasement

tilanmuutos, arvonalennus, epäinhimillistäminen, raaistuminen, eläimellistyminen, raakalaistuminen, jäljitteleminen, vääristyminen.

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management, understatement...

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Englannin sanakirja

debasement englanniksi

1. The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quality.

2. 1832, w: Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe, "Bon Bon":

His large water-dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master, betrayed his sense of inferiority by a sanctity of deportment, a debasement of the ears, and a dropping of the lower jaw not altogether unworthy of a dog.

3. 1912, w:Edith Wharton|Edith Wharton, The Reef, ch. 33:

She had given herself to Darrow, and concealed the episode from Owen Leath, with no more apparent sense of debasement than the vulgarest of adventuresses.

4. 2009, Gilbert Cruz, "http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1870930,00.html The Many Faces of Addiction (Book review of America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life by Benoit Denizet-Lewis)," Time, 12 Jan.:

There's something ugly and fascinating about reading such intimate tales of debasement and depression and failure and self-doubt.

5. The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

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