diminutization
diminutization noun: the act or process of diminutizing.
Noun
diminutization (plural diminutizations)
- The act or process of diminutizing.
- A strain in Dickinson’s letters and some—though by far a minority—of her poems was a self-diminutization, almost as if to offset and deny—or even disguise—her actual dimensions as she must have experienced them. And this emphasis on her own “littleness,” along with the deliberate strangeness of her...1979, Adrienne Rich, “Vesuvius at Home: The Power of Emily Dickinson”, in Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, editors, Shakespeare’s Sisters: Feminist Essays on Women Poets, Bloomington: Indiana...
- No real Aussie can be safely left with the monicker he or she was first endowed with. Barry is Bazza; Charles is Chilla; John is Johnno; Shirley is Shirl; Bruce is Brucie […] ; Douglas is Duggie; and so on. If by chance a first name isn’t readily amenable to such diminutization, then the surname...1987, Carolyn James, Paul Hogan: A Biography, New York: St. Martin’s Press, Glossary, pp. 211-212
Forms of diminutization
| plural | diminutizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | diminutisation |
Questions about diminutization
- What does diminutization mean?
- Diminutization means the act or process of diminutizing.
- What part of speech is diminutization?
- Diminutization is a noun.
- What is the plural of diminutization?
- The plural of diminutization is diminutizations.
Words near diminutization in the dictionary
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