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trashification

trashification noun: the act of trashifying; the act of turning something into trash.

Noun

trashification (countable and uncountable, plural trashifications)

  1. The act of trashifying; the act of turning something into trash.
    • […] with the growing complication of technique and the exclusiveness it created and finally with the grand consolidation and trashification whose finest flower was block booking […]c. 1940, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Selected Fitzgerald Working Notes”, in The Love of the Last Tycoon, New York, N.Y. […]: Scribner, →ISBN, page 150
    • The Doles, Bennetts, and Borks condemn the trashification of popular culture, but vulgarity is the consequence of ignorance, never mind Hollywood.1996 November 4, David Gelernter, “Less Surfing, More Learning”, in The Weekly Standard, volume 2, number 8, New York, N.Y.: News America Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15

Examples of trashification in a sentence

  • While many political trashifiers begin to believe their own trashifications, bloatators rarely do.1999, James H[arlan] Boren, How to be a Sincere Phoney: A Handbook for Politicians and Bureaucrats, Tahlequah, OK; Delaplane, VA: Birdcage...
  • Springer didn't invent the trashification of TV and pop culture.2023 April 27, James Poniewozik, “Jerry Springer Was TV's Biggest Populist (Give or Take a President)”, in The New York Times, New York...

Forms of trashification

pluraltrashifications

Origin of trashification

From trash + -ification.

Questions about trashification

What does trashification mean?
Trashification means the act of trashifying; the act of turning something into trash.
How do you use trashification in a sentence?
While many political trashifiers begin to believe their own trashifications, bloatators rarely do.
What part of speech is trashification?
Trashification is a noun.
What is the plural of trashification?
The plural of trashification is trashifications.

Words near trashification in the dictionary

  1. trashfires
  2. Trashi Yangtse
  3. Trashiding
  4. trashier
  5. trashiest
  6. trashification
  7. trashifications
  8. trashified
  9. trashifies
  10. trashify
  11. trashifying

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