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debasement

[dih-beys-muhnt] / dɪˈbeɪs mənt /
NOUN
perversion
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Time revealed a path forward that doesn’t demand artistic debasement.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Following gold’s recent trouncing of stocks, and fears of dollar debasement, was he wrong?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“That all looks to me much more like a reflation trade than a debasement trade,” Pasquariello said, referring to the prospect for a fiscal boost in Japan and the recent talk of waning dollar attractiveness.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

In this debt-currency debasement period, once again gold has been strong relative to major fiat currencies, most of which have debt problems.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

When other entrepreneurs created jukeboxes by arranging for a phonograph to play popular music at the drop of a coin, Edison objected to this debasement, which apparently detracted from serious office use of his invention.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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