Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?
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Degradation
Synonyms for "degradation" (251 found)
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Strong matches (75)
degeneratenessdegenerationdegradabilitydegradingdemoralizationdemotiondeplumingdeportationdepravationdepravednessdepravitydepreciationdepressiondeprivationderogationdescentdespicablenessdeteriorationdetrusiondevolution
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dilapidationdiminutiondisbarmentdiscreditdisfellowshipdisgracedisgradingdishonordisintegrationdisjunctiondisorganizationdisplumingdisratingdisreputedissolutenessdissolutiondownfalldowngradingdowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddropduckingdyingebbeffetenessenormityerosionevilexclusionexcommunicationexecrablenessexileexpatriationextraditionfadingfailingfailurefailure of nervefallfalling-offfilthfoulnessfugitationfulsomenessgrossness
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hauling downheinousnesshollownesshumblinghumiliationignobilityignominiousnessignominyincoherenceinfamousnessinfamyingloriousnessinvolutionknaveryknavishnesslapselittlenessloss of honorloss of tonelowering
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lownessmeannessmildewmiserablenessmoldmonstrousnessmoral pollutionmoral turpitudemouldmouldermouldynefariousnessobloquyobnoxiousnessodiousnessodiumopprobriumostracismostracizationoutlawingoutlawryoxidationoxidizationpaltrinesspenitencepettinesspokinesspoornessprofligacyprostitutionranknessrascalityrascalryravages of timereductionreduction to ranksregressionrelegationreprobacyresolutionretrocessionretrogradationretrogressionrogueryroguishnessrottennessruinrustrusticationscabbinessscampishnessscandalscoundrelismscrubbinessscruffinessscumminessscurvinessseductionshabbinessshameshoddinesssinkingslippageslumpsmallnessspoilagesqualorstrippingstripping of ranksubmergencethrusting undertransportationturpitudeundoingunfrockingvicevilenessvillainousnessvillainyviolationvitiationwanewearwear and tearwretchedness
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55 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անկում noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
Bulgarian
4 entries- деградация noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- израждане noun (state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration)
- падение noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
- понижаване noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
Danish
2 entries- degradering noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- fald noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
Esperanto
1 entries- degradado noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
Finnish
4 entries- alennustila noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
- heikentyminen noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- pilaantuminen noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
- pilaantuminen noun (gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks)
French
1 entries- dégradation noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
German
1 entries- Degradierung noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
Greek
4 entries- αποσάθρωση noun (gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks)
- εκφυλισμός noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
- εκφυλισμός noun (state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration)
- εξαθλίωση noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
Indonesian
2 entries- degradasi noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- degradasi noun (gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks)
Italian
1 entries- abiezione noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
Malay
1 entries- penyahgredan noun (gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks)
Polish
4 entries- degradacja noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- degradacja noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
- degradacja noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
- degradacja noun (state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration)
Portuguese
3 entries- declínio noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
- degeneração noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
- deterioração noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
Romagnol
1 entries- abieziôn noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
Romanian
4 entries- degradare noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- degradare noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
- deteriorare noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
- retrogradare noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
Russian
4 entries- деграда́ция noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- паде́ние noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
- пониже́ние noun (act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing)
- разжа́лование noun (state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- деграда́ція noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
- зане́пад noun (diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration)
Sample sentences
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Starch degradation is linked to a circadian clock.
Source: tatoeba (1172818)
Graceful degradation is a close second to robustness.
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Since the beginning of time, elders have been complaining about the degradation of the younger generation.
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