disafforestation
disafforestation noun: the change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
Noun
disafforestation (countable and uncountable, plural disafforestations)
- The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
- Disafforestation and enclosure could thus be regarded as a national duty, a kindness in disguise to the idle poor, as well as of more immediate benefit to the rich encloser.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 37
- Deforestation.
disafforestation meaning in Tamil and Bengali
disafforestation in Tamil
- காடழித்தல், காடு அழித்தல்
disafforestation in Bengali
- বন উজাড়করণ
Forms of disafforestation
| plural | disafforestations |
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Origin of disafforestation
From post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, disafforest + -ation.
Words that rhyme with disafforestation
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- citation
- combination
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- conjugation
- constellation
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- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
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- bifurcation
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- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about disafforestation
- What does disafforestation mean?
- Disafforestation means the change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
- What is disafforestation in Tamil?
- Disafforestation in Tamil is காடழித்தல், காடு அழித்தல். See Disafforestation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disafforestation?
- Disafforestation is a noun.
- What is the plural of disafforestation?
- The plural of disafforestation is disafforestations.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disafforestation (page history and authors); disafforestation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disafforestation (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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