All 4 Uses of
degrade
in
1984 by Orwell
- The dead men had become martyrs and their degradation was forgotten.†
p. 254..4
- A thousand times better than Winston he knew what the world was really like, in what degradation the mass of human beings lived and by what lies and barbarities the Party kept them there.
p. 262..8 *degradation = reduction of human dignity
- Can you think of a single degradation that has not happened to you?†
p. 273..6
- It was a question of degrading himself, mutilating himself.
p. 281..8degrading = reducing in human dignity
Definition:
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(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) reducing human dignity