deterioration

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See also: détérioration

English

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Etymology

From French détérioration.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˌtɪəɹɪəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /dɪˌtiː.ɹi.ɔˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deterioration (countable and uncountable, plural deteriorations)

  1. The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
    Synonym: retrogression
    Antonym: amelioration
    • 2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian‎[1], London, archived from the original on 10 March 2016:
      The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.

Translations

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