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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
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
Mr. Assange has been deliberately exposed, for a period of several years, to progressively severe forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the cumulative effects of which can only be described as psychological torture.
We fear they are now at significant risk of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
And I think porn unfortunately has given sex a sort of degrading factor….
In addition to degrading and objectifying women, posing naked may actually be counterproductive to supporting women’s rights. Those opposing equality for women, will just point to the naked women and argue to the parents of the nation that it is their traditional values that prevent their daughters from being degraded and objectified as women, this will be a powerful argument because most parents do not want to see their daughters posing naked.
People are celebrating, the capital has been liberated from our enemies, but as far as I am concerned there is little to celebrate because we still have fighting to do, our objectives are degrading the enemy's fighting capabilities. This is a criminal army and we will follow it everywhere to make sure it doesn't have the capacity to come back.
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