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Meanings of debasement in английском

португальский
degradação
каталонский
enviliment
испанский
degradación

The act of abasing.

degradação
португальский
adulteração
каталонский
adulteració

Being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating.

adulteração

Estimation of the value of something or someone inferior to its real value.

Usage of debasement in английском
1
It is often seen as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement.
Reuters
2
Gold is often viewed as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement.
Reuters
3
Nor can it keep supplying funds without risking euro debasement and inflation.
Reuters
4
Six thousand days on, he was too debased to resent his debasement.
The black prism
5
Here we are actually dealing with a debasement of the human body
The Irish Times
6
The non-yielding metal is considered a hedge against inflation and currency debasement.
Reuters
7
The one class whisper of pleasures that lead to sin and debasement.
Making the Most of Life
8
They bend it from the loftiest virtue to a debasement beneath calculation.
Thaddeus of Warsaw
9
But it is sex which most completely satisfies her wish for debasement.
The Irish Times
10
The stoic and profound philosopher is not diminished by an external debasement.
Napoleon the Little
11
I only desire you to decide between this and a worse debasement.
Ellen Walton / Or, The Villain and His Victims
12
This depreciation, added to the debasement, further increased the rise of prices.
England under the Tudors
13
How know I that her debasement is not already complete and irremediable?
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
14
Into such deep debasement, O brethren, the sons of the Aryan fell!
Ben-Hur
15
They feel no personal debasement in the dishonour of the country.
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
16
We are deeply concerned in these days about the debasement of the ballot-box.
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
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Translations for debasement
португальский
degradaçãoadulteração
каталонский
envilimentdegradacióadulteració
испанский
degradación
Debasement through the time
Debasement across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common