debased

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At a time when even the greatest achievements are debased in a culture that gives equal weight to meritricious novelty, is it even worth the trouble?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Whereas the European gothic, he concludes, was “an enlightened attack on a debased ruling class or entrenched superstition,” its American version emerged as “a Calvinist exposé of natural human corruption.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The very concepts of intellectualism, and of objective knowledge itself, have been debased by a kind of Gresham’s Law, with the bad driving out the good.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

The most debased and tragic is Jeff, who, with his wife, has worked at the fair for decades.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

I’ve been debased through my association with you.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole