noun
1. being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
• Syn: ↑adulteration
• Derivationally related forms: ↑debase
• Hypernyms: ↑impurity, ↑impureness
2. changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
• Syn: ↑degradation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑debase, ↑degrade (for: ↑degradation)
• Hypernyms: ↑change of state
• Hyponyms:
↑dehumanization, ↑dehumanisation, ↑brutalization, ↑brutalisation, ↑animalization, ↑animalisation, ↑barbarization, ↑barbarisation, ↑bastardization, ↑bastardisation, ↑corruption, ↑subversion, ↑demoralization, ↑demoralisation, ↑stultification, ↑constipation, ↑impairment, ↑deadening, ↑popularization, ↑popularisation, ↑vulgarization, ↑vulgarisation, ↑profanation, ↑humiliation, ↑abasement
Useful english dictionary. 2012.