Definition of Diminishment

1. n. Diminution.

Definition of Diminishment

1. Noun. The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality. ¹

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Definition of Diminishment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diminishment

diminished seventh chords
diminished sevenths
diminished sixth
diminished sixths
diminished third
diminished thirds
diminished triad
diminished triads
diminisher
diminishers
diminishes
diminishing
diminishing returns
diminishingly
diminishings
diminishment (current term)
diminishments
diminisht
diminuendo
diminuendos
diminuitive
diminutal
diminution
diminutions
diminutival
diminutive
diminutively
diminutiveness
diminutives
diminutivisation

Literary usage of Diminishment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"Ceremonial Crises, and the diminishment of the Shaking Tent Yet even as the number of ceremonies increased, ..."

2. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher T. Vecsey (1983)
"Ceremonial Crises, and the diminishment of the Shaking Tent Yet even as the number of ceremonies increased, ..."

3. The Mystery of Miracles: A Scientific and Philosophical Investigation by Joseph William Reynolds (1881)
"The man is dwarfed, moreover, with the worst kind of diminishment: intellectual and moral vulgarity cleaves to him " like an hereditary odour:" he is ..."

4. Fire-rating as a Science by Albert Flandreau Dean (1901)
"*It is possible to reckon the diminishment of a cone, as shown by its solid contents, superficies or diameter, or to establish any desired ratio of ..."

5. Italian Characters in the Epoch of Unification (1890)
"And what was noteworthy in it was that it went on without any diminishment, or rather with the contrary of diminishment, which must have sorely puzzled the ..."

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