Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.
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Diminution
/dɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/
Synonyms for "diminution" (164 found)
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decreasedecrementdecrescencedeductiondeflationdegradationdemotiondemulsiondepletiondepreciationdepressionderogationdescentdetractiondetrusiondiminishmentdipdisparagementduckingdulcification
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Noun(16 words)
decrease outputdecreasesdecreasingdecrementdecrementingdecrementsdecrescendodiminuendoesdrastically reduceddropdwindlingebbebbingebbsenfeeblingfading
Verb(1 words)
diminish effectiveness
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Noun(27 words)
fallofffalloffsfizzlesfizzlingfrench diminuergradual declinegreatly reducedhalvingminimizingnote shorteningreductionsrhythmic shorteningsagshrinkingshrivellingsignificantly diminishedsignificantly lowerstep-downtapertapering
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hauling downhollownesshushingimpairmentlanguishmentlapseleniencylesseningletdownletuplighteninglooseninglossloweringlullingminiaturizationmitigationmodulationmollificationnumbing
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Adjective(1 words)
rapid descent
Verb(3 words)
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6 entriesbudget cutmelodic diminutionpopulation declineprice droprhythmic diminutionsize reduction
Collocations
5 entriesdiminution in pricediminution in sizediminution of populationeconomic diminutiongradual diminution
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2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
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Another part, feeling a diminution of confidence in him, still hope that the general tenor of his conduct will be essentially right.
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Cold is usually shapeless, I suppose, extending over large spaces equally, or with gradual diminution.
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