All 5 Uses of
degrade
in
Brave New World
- Degrading her to so much mutton.
p. 46..0degrading = reducing dignity
- Haven't they used his pleasant vices as an instrument to degrade him?
p. 236..2degrade = reduce dignity of
- Degrade him from what position?
p. 236..2degrade = reduce status
- Of course, if you choose some other standard than ours, then perhaps you might say he was degraded.
p. 236..4degraded = reduced in human dignity
- If you allowed yourselves to think of God, you wouldn't allow yourselves to be degraded by pleasant vices.
p. 236..7 *
Definition:
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(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) reducing human dignity