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1
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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2
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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“Diminishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diminishment. Accessed 21 Oct. 2021.
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