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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

action go
something done (usually as opposed to something said)

change go
the action of changing something

change of state go
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

degradation, debasement
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

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dehumanization, dehumanisation go
the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation go
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
barbarization, barbarisation go
an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized
bastardization, bastardisation go
an act that debases or corrupts
corruption, subversion go
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty
demoralization, demoralisation go
destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
stultification, constipation, impairment, deadening go
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation go
the act of making something attractive to the general public
profanation go
degradation of something worthy of respect
humiliation, abasement go
depriving one of self-esteem
vulgarization, vulgarisation go
the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined