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deadenings

deadenings is the plural of deadening.

Meaning of deadening

Noun

deadening (plural deadenings)

  1. The process by which something is deadened.
    • The structural theory doesn't only focus on the negations, repressions, disavowals, and deadenings of the ego in the face of its encounters within and without.2012, Daniel Sapen, Freud's Lost Chord: Discovering Jazz in the Resonant Psyche, page 38
  2. A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.

Questions about deadenings

What is deadenings the plural of?
Deadenings is the plural of deadening.

Words near deadenings in the dictionary

  1. deadened
  2. deadener
  3. deadeners
  4. deadening
  5. deadeningly
  6. deadenings
  7. deadenosylate
  8. deadenosylated
  9. deadenosylates
  10. deadenosylating
  11. deadens

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