Both Uses of
degrade
in
The Nickel Boys
- He was thinking of Dr. King's speech to high school students in Washington, DC, when he spoke of the degradations of Jim Crow and the need to transform that degradation into action.†
p. 64.4 *
- He was thinking of Dr. King's speech to high school students in Washington, DC, when he spoke of the degradations of Jim Crow and the need to transform that degradation into action.†
p. 64.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) to humiliate or treat with disrespect
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(2)
(degrade as in: degraded the quality) to decrease the quality or value of something
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus