What is another word for downgrading?

Pronunciation: [dˈa͡ʊŋɡɹe͡ɪdɪŋ] (IPA)

Downgrading refers to a reduction in rank, status, or value. There are several synonyms for downgrading including demotion, devaluation, degradation, reduction, lowering, and depreciation. Demotion is the act of reducing an employee to a lower position or rank. Devaluation applies to the reduction in the worth or value of something or someone. Degradation refers to a lowering of dignity or character and can be used to describe situation or people. Reduction suggests a decrease in the amount, size, or strength of something. Lowering has similar meaning to reduction and refers to the act of bringing something down. Depreciation applies specifically to the reduction in the value of something, especially in financial contexts.

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Usage examples for Downgrading

We the people-they refute last week's television commentary downgrading our optimism and our idealism.
"State of the Union Addresses of Ronald Reagan"
Ronald Reagan
I say it is time we quit downgrading ourselves as a nation.
"Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present"
Various

Famous quotes with Downgrading

  • Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
    Barbara Bush
  • Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
    Barbara Bush
  • But understanding and explaining motives does not compromise freedom; nor does even predicting acts necessarily do so. A person committed to a political cause may vote predictably, and intelligibly in an election. He does not vote less freely than someone that flips a coin at the last minute. So if we find comparison with animals any help in understanding motives, it will not mean that conduct is not free. And since animals are not (as Descartes supposed) automata, the issue of freedom does not make comparing man with any other species and downgrading irrelevance.
    Mary Midgley

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