diminishments

noun

plural of diminishment
1
as in defamations
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
as in decreases
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 diminishments But in Zoe Kazan’s version, those diminishments let Lee become the new core of the show’s depiction of purpose and responsibility. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diminishments
  1. criticisms
  2. decreases
  3. denigrations
  4. reductions
  5. disparagements
  6. declines
  7. abuses
  8. dents
Noun
  • It’s expected to be the most politically delicate stop, given the Catholic Church’s sharp criticisms of the austerity program of libertarian President Javier Milei.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Commissioners declined to comment for this article, and Tony has not posted any new criticisms on his agency’s social media pages.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of criticisms
Noun
  • As daylight decreases, buck (male deer) and doe (female deer) hormones increase.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Tim Belfall, a director at Starlink installer Westend WiFi, reports that the pricing decreases have been popping up in the UK, too.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreases
Noun
  • As my colleague Clare Malone has reported in this magazine, Weiss first came to public attention in college, as a consequence of her support for Israel and consistent denigrations of the Palestinian cause.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of denigrations
Noun
  • The labor force had been shrinking, the result of demographic changes and immigration reductions, but expanded by 421,000 in October.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For decades, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone-depleting compounds were widely used in aerosol sprays, foams, air conditioners, and refrigerators, causing significant reductions in ozone levels.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of reductions
Noun
  • These disparagements cut to the core of southern manhood.
    — Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Definition of disparagements
Noun
  • Kurtz also pointed to declines in cities like San Francisco, which is moving to support more sober-living options, housing that bans drugs and alcohol.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The zoo also recently renovated its orangutan habitat and is working to recover from attendance declines during the COVID-19 pandemic, a widespread problem for many similar organizations.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of declines
Noun
  • The safeguards are to ensure that military personnel deployed under the anti-gang force do not engage in abuses and civilians are protected.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • However, the institutions created to check and prevent just such abuses hold fast against these brazen king-like attempts to be immune from baldly unlawful actions.
    — David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of abuses
Noun
  • The engineers wrote their names using Sharpies on the places where robotic arms made dents in the vehicles.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Peel-and-stick tiles do not fare well in high-traffic or moisture-prone areas, and are prone to dents, scratches, discoloration, peeling, and shifting if the adhesive is damaged.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of dents

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“Diminishments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diminishments. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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