debasement

But its inevitable outcome, he argues, is mob rule, bitter factional division, the debasement of civic culture and finally some version of Caesarism.

He framed humor as an act of self-aggrandizement premised on the debasement of others.

But verbal debasement, and the threat of an extended punishment of silence and dismissal, held me back.

McCarthy's debasement is only compounded because of all the details that have become public, showing how willing he is to fluff Trump's pillows and wipe Trump's brow.

But Ruscha’s wallpaper also collided head-on with the critically derided prohibition against decoration, claimed as art’s utter debasement.