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wussification

wussification noun: the act or process of wussifying.

Noun

wussification (uncountable)

  1. (slang) The act or process of wussifying.
    • The wussification of Texas is all about those little things.2005, The American Interest, Volume 1, page 96
    • The tone, I think, reflects my general sense of growing wussification after deserting my old job at Les Halles.2006, Anthony Bourdain, The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones, →ISBN, page 273

Examples of wussification in a sentence

  • That's because the media are always ready to side with the dark forces of wussification.2007, Kinky Friedman, You Can Lead a Politician to Water, But You Can't Make Him Think, →ISBN, page 51:
  • There is no greater example of the wussification of America than than the growing neglect of our nation's infrastructure.2012, Ed Rendell, chapter 22, in A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great, →ISBN, page 173:

Origin of wussification

From wuss + -ification.

Questions about wussification

What does wussification mean?
Wussification means the act or process of wussifying.
How do you use wussification in a sentence?
That's because the media are always ready to side with the dark forces of wussification.
What part of speech is wussification?
Wussification is a noun.

Words near wussification in the dictionary

  1. wussette
  2. wussettes
  3. wussier
  4. wussies
  5. wussiest
  6. wussification
  7. wussified
  8. wussifies
  9. wussify
  10. wussifying
  11. wussily

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