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How to sign: changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
Similiar / Same: debasement
Categories: change of state
Within this category: barbarization, bastardization, brutalization, corruption, dehumanization, demoralization, humiliation, popularization, profanation, stultification, vulgarization
How to sign: a low or downcast state
"each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken;
Similiar / Same: abasement, abjection
Categories: humiliation
Within this category: degeneracy, depth