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as in disparagement
the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant
she grew increasingly resentful of her coworker's constant diminishment of her new project ideas
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as in decrease
the amount by which something is lessened
there was a sharp diminishment in our savings after the college tuition bill was paid
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Recent Examples of diminishment
The diminishment of free speech.
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Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
While integrating Woltemade has perhaps exacerbated the diminishment of those returns, the regression also hints at something more fundamental with Newcastle’s attacking set-up.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
At the same time, college seems to have become dramatically easier, in ways that suggest a diminishment of its core functions.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
In other words, if Congress doesn’t act, Social Security could soon be headed for diminishment — but not extinction.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Some industry leaders aren’t convinced there is an impending diminishment in technology or development jobs either.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
While integrating Woltemade has perhaps exacerbated the diminishment of those returns, the regression also hints at something more fundamental with Newcastle’s attacking set-up.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
At the same time, college seems to have become dramatically easier, in ways that suggest a diminishment of its core functions.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
In other words, if Congress doesn’t act, Social Security could soon be headed for diminishment — but not extinction.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Some industry leaders aren’t convinced there is an impending diminishment in technology or development jobs either.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diminishment
Noun
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The Fed’s achievements in stabilizing markets during the 2008 financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, and in bringing down inflation while avoiding recession in recent years, deserve praise rather than disparagement.—
Bill Dudley,
Twin Cities,
16 Aug. 2025
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Patel had sought $10 million in damages on claims of defamation, injurious falsehood and business disparagement.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Still, the district saw a slight decrease in students choosing to finish the CTE pathway compared with last year.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Recent enrollment challenges Elon saw an 11% decrease in its new student enrollment this fall, and the number of new undergraduates enrolling at the school has been dropping since 2023.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Oct. 2025
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The human costs of this are the increasing rates of illnesses and the financial costs of health care, lost productivity, and the compounding problems of further environmental denigration.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sony’s Ohama, however, hinted that the RGB’s foundation in the LED architecture that sets have used for backlighting for the past 15 or so years might allow for cost reductions over time.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Ember report also indicated a modest decline in global power sector emissions, down by 12 million tonnes of CO₂, largely due to reductions in China and India.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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The government has had to deploy millions of dollars and reintroduce some exchange controls to fend off further depreciation on the peso in the past week.—
Nicolle Yapur,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gross profit margins expanded by 130 basis points and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization tallied 45 million euros.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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According to Hanke, Milei’s big loss in the Buenos Aires contest and the acceleration in the peso’s decline confirmed the Money Doctor’s warning that the inevitable lure for mismanaging the peso was Milei’s Achilles’ heel.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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But Burke expects that public schools will see dramatic enrollment declines fueled by both demographic and policy changes.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s administration was right to send an emissary after ICE’s Hyundai raid to express regret and negotiate a new business visa process for South Koreans, despite criticism from the more anti-immigrant MAGA base.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Rimes has described experiencing cycles of praise and harsh criticism — both as a child star and during her affair with Cibrian.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Studies show that fines that don’t put a significant dent in a company’s profit don’t deter companies from future violations, Leffel said.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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There is no porthole, but dents in the wall mark where nails must once have held up maps or schedules, maybe photographs from home, and slotted into a niche in the wall is a small gilt mirror.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Diminishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diminishment. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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