Self-degradation is the act of belittling and lowering oneself. People use this term to describe behaviors and attitudes that harm their self-esteem and self-worth. Synonyms for self-degradation include self-humiliation, self-disparagement, self-abasement, self-demeaning, and self-flagellation. Self-humiliation refers to the act of humiliating oneself, while self-disparagement means to criticize or lower oneself. Self-abasement, on the other hand, describes the act of lowering oneself in dignity or importance. Self-demeanment means to make oneself less worthy, while self-flagellation means to criticize oneself harshly. All these synonyms signify the act of diminishing oneself, and they all have negative connotations.