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degradement

degradement noun: degradation.

Noun

degradement (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Degradation.
    • […]places of degradement and potential abandonment, such as uranium mines.2023, Rebecca Lawrence, “Rehabilitating Ranger uranium mine: scientific uncertainty, deep futures and the production of ignorance”, in The Politics of 21st Century Environmental Disasters
  2. (rare) Removal or lowering of a person's rank or office.
    • threw away those episcopal ornaments wherein they were installed, as foolish and detestable; for so the words of Ridley at his degradement1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    demotion
  3. (rare) Degrading behaviour; insults or disrespect.
    • In Re Canada Post Corp. and C.U.P.W (Keith Jaworski), (Norman, unreported, March 19, 1984) a letter suspended the grievor "as a result of your actions of continual harassment and degradement of a fellow employee".a. 1998, Labour Arbitration Cases, Central Ontario Industrial Relations Institute, page 283

Synonyms of degradement

Origin of degradement

From degrade + -ment.

Questions about degradement

What does degradement mean?
Degradement means degradation.
What part of speech is degradement?
Degradement is a noun.

Words near degradement in the dictionary

  1. degraded gracefully
  2. degradedly
  3. degradedness
  4. degradee
  5. degradees
  6. degradement
  7. degrader
  8. degraders
  9. degrades
  10. degrades gracefully
  11. degradest

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