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单词 debasing
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debasingn.

/dɪˈbeɪsɪŋ/
Etymology: -ing suffix1.
The action of debase v.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > fall or reduction in value
delayinga1500
embezzlement1548
embasing1551
fall1551
debasement1602
disvaluation1617
adulterateness1655
embasement1677
falling1699
depreciating1767
depreciation1767
debasing1891
devaluation1914
devalorization1928
slippage1972
1891 Athenæum 3 Oct. 448/1 In the fatal debasing of the coinage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

debasingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈbasing.
That debases.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adjective]
vile1297
derogative1477
derogatory1502
vild1568
derogatoriousa1575
lessening1592
dishonoured1608
indignous1611
derogant1616
unmanning1625
infimatinga1641
prostituting1646
embasing1652
menial1673
degrading1684
debasing1775
vilifying1781
degradatory1783
dishonouring1843
relegating1872
demeaning1880
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 191 The misery of a debasing pauperism.
1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. iv. 198 Mahometanism..is as debasing..as it is false.

Derivatives

deˈbasingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adverb]
vilelyc1290
degradingly1707
debasingly1847
menially1848
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1892 Harper's Mag. Nov. 946/1 It indicated more ignorance of what is debasingly called Life than knowledge of it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1891adj.1775
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