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distantiation

distantiation noun: the act or process of distantiating.

Noun

distantiation (countable and uncountable, plural distantiations)

  1. The act or process of distantiating.
    • The reversal of the direction of the traditional peephole gaze (we see the looker, not the lookee) is only part of this painting's correspondences to Eh Joe; consider, too, the distantiation created by the two focuses: […]1995, Catharina Wulf, Oeil Fauve, page 54

Forms of distantiation

pluraldistantiations

Questions about distantiation

What does distantiation mean?
Distantiation means the act or process of distantiating.
What part of speech is distantiation?
Distantiation is a noun.
What is the plural of distantiation?
The plural of distantiation is distantiations.

Words near distantiation in the dictionary

  1. distantial
  2. distantiate
  3. distantiated
  4. distantiates
  5. distantiating
  6. distantiation
  7. distantiations
  8. distantly
  9. distantness
  10. distants
  11. distarch

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