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Definitions for degrading
de·grad·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
corrupting, degradingadjective
harmful to the mind or morals
"corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"
debasing, degradingadjective
used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
GCIDE
degradingadjective
causing humiliation or degradation; as, a degrading surrender.
Wiktionary
degradingadjective
that degrades
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degrading
Degrading refers to causing a loss of dignity, respect, value or quality, often through humiliation, disparagement or diminishment. This term can also be used in the context of substances or materials describing their process of breaking down or decaying over time.
Webster Dictionary
Degrading
of Degrade
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of degrading in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of degrading in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of degrading in a Sentence
To strive with an equal is dangerous with a superior, mad with an inferior, degrading.
Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.
It was a very, very degrading process.
Robotics has very good potential to make people's lives more meaningful, by letting them not do the' five Ds' : degrading, demeaning, dirty, dangerous or driving tasks.
You'll see someone working in degrading conditions, with an exhausting work schedule, eating one meal a day, while they don't receive any form of salary or a very small one, because their food and tools are discounted.
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