1. acts of reducing the quality, value, or dignity of something
Usage: plural form of debasement

Examples

• The currency debasements led to widespread inflation.
• Critics argued that the reality show represented a debasement of television standards.
• The historian documented various debasements of political discourse over the decades.
• Multiple debasements of the original recipe made it nearly unrecognizable.
• The committee investigated debasements of academic integrity at the university.
• Environmental debasements in the region alarmed local residents.