Synonyms for degrades
de·grades

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1. List of paraphrases for "degrades":

   demeans, debases, humiliates, deteriorates, decomposes, degraded, detracts

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1. Nassim Nicholas Taleb:

   It is said that the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones and win against better rivals. Undercompensation from the absence of a stressor, inverse hormesis -absence of challenge- degrades the best of the best.

2. Michael Avenatti:

   I know some of you may disagree with me. The answer to Donald Trump, you may say, is to do just the opposite of Donald Trump. Being noble, being kind, being classy. And I am all for each of those things, but tonight, with our country under an unprecedented assault by a con man who fights only for himself and degrades the vulnerable and the powerless and regular hardworking people day in and day out, I believe that we must honestly ask ourselves as a party whether those we fight for can afford our gentleness.

3. Steve Rodgers:

   We do not believe our sponsorship degrades our global commitment to human rights, our sponsorship is not an endorsement of any specific host country or The Chinese government, nor an acceptance or approval of domestic activities that may take place within that country.

4. Simone Weil:

   Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.”

5. The Global Zero report:

   At the brink of conflict, nuclear command and warning networks around the world may be besieged by electronic intruders whose onslaught degrades the coherence and rationality of nuclear decision-making.