Question

debase Every year she complains about how Christmas has been debased by commercialism. dəˈbeɪs

Accepted Answer

To lower the value or reputation of someone or something. Debase is often used to talk about someone's lowered status or character. People are constantly blustering about the debased tastes of the ordinary American, and especially the debased music of America's youth. A commentator might observe that both candidates had managed to debase themselves by the end of a political campaign. Debase has a special meaning in economics: From time to time, governments find that they need to quietly debase their countries' currency by reducing the percentage of valuable metal in its coins; if they don't, the metal may become more valuable than the coin and people will begin melting the coins down and reselling the metal

word	debase
definition	To lower the value or reputation of someone or something.
eg_sentence	Every year she complains about how Christmas has been debased by commercialism.
explanation	Debase is often used to talk about someone's lowered status or character. People are constantly blustering about the debased tastes of the ordinary American, and especially the debased music of America's youth. A commentator might observe that both candidates had managed to debase themselves by the end of a political campaign. Debase has a special meaning in economics: From time to time, governments find that they need to quietly debase their countries' currency by reducing the percentage of valuable metal in its coins; if they don't, the metal may become more valuable than the coin and people will begin melting the coins down and reselling the metal
IPA	dəˈbeɪs

Debase Debased Metal People Valuable Lower Reputation Year