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deintensification

deintensification noun: the process of something becoming less intense.

Noun

deintensification (usually uncountable, plural deintensifications)

  1. (usually) The process of something becoming less intense.
    • Yet a large national study by Dr. Sussman and his colleagues, published last month in JAMA Internal Medicine, reveals how rarely deintensification occurs among patients over age 70.2015 November 6, Paula Span, “Some Older Patients Are Treated Not Wisely, but Too Much”, in New York Times

Forms of deintensification

pluraldeintensifications

Origin of deintensification

From de- + intensification.

Questions about deintensification

What does deintensification mean?
Deintensification means the process of something becoming less intense.
What part of speech is deintensification?
Deintensification is a noun.
What is the plural of deintensification?
The plural of deintensification is deintensifications.

Words near deintensification in the dictionary

  1. deintellectualization
  2. deintellectualize
  3. deintellectualized
  4. deintellectualizes
  5. deintellectualizing
  6. deintensification
  7. deintensifications
  8. deintercalate
  9. deintercalated
  10. deintercalating
  11. deintercalation

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