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deminution

deminution is the rare spelling of diminution.

Meaning of diminution

Noun

diminution (countable and uncountable, plural diminutions)

  1. A lessening, decrease or reduction.
    • The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
    Synonyms:
    diminishment
  2. The act or process of making diminutive.
  3. a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

Questions about deminution

What is deminution the rare spelling of?
Deminution is the rare spelling of diminution.

Words near deminution in the dictionary

  1. deminings
  2. deminish
  3. deminished
  4. deminishes
  5. deminishing
  6. deminution
  7. demiourgos
  8. demipansexual
  9. demipique
  10. demipiques
  11. demipointe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deminution (page history and authors); diminution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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