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disvaluation

noun
dis·​valuation | \ dəs, (¦)dis+\

Definition of disvaluation

: the action of losing value : depreciation they faced the problem of living in a world which was in process of disvaluation— R. M. Weaver

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dis- entry 1 + valuation

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