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Devaluation

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The removal or lessening of something's value. countable, uncountable

    "According to Braverman's thesis, Taylorism, or scientific management, has been the key feature in the devaluation and dequalification of work."

  2. 2
    the reduction of something's value or worth wordnet
  3. 3
    The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries wordnet
  5. 5
    Depreciation. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From de- + valuation.

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