diminishment
Becoming less significant
Diminishment is the process or result of becoming less—in size, importance, power, or intensity.
It often carries a sense of decline or degradation: the diminishment of civil liberties, the gradual diminishment of his influence.
Where decrease is neutral, diminishment suggests something regrettable or concerning about the reduction.
Become or make smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- contractionReduction in size
abatement · lowering · shrinkage · depletion · downscaling · paring · trimming · retrenchment
Process of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- downfallSudden loss of power
- downturnEconomic decline period
recession · slump · waning · ebb · descent · retrogression · degeneration · erosion
Loss of strength or vitality
- enfeeblementState of growing weak
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- sappingGradually draining vitality
enervation · devitalization · depletion · atrophy · exhaustion · erosion · dilution · vitiation
Unjust attack on reputation
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- deprecationExpression of strong disapproval
- derogationBelittling or partial repeal
- trivializationMaking something seem minor
undervaluing · condescension · dismissiveness · slighting · demeaning · degrading · humiliation · put-down
decrease
Become or make smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
contraction · abatement · lowering · shrinkage · depletion · downscaling · paring · trimming · retrenchment · tapering
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- degradationDecline in condition
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- downfallSudden loss of power
downturn · recession · slump · waning · ebb · descent · retrogression · degeneration · erosion · fading
debilitation
Loss of strength or vitality
- enfeeblementState of growing weak
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- underminingWeakening by covert means
sapping · enervation · devitalization · depletion · atrophy · exhaustion · erosion · dilution · vitiation · crippling
denigration
Unjust attack on reputation
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- deprecationExpression of strong disapproval
- derogationBelittling or partial repeal
trivialization · undervaluing · condescension · dismissiveness · slighting · demeaning · degrading · humiliation · put-down · marginalization
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- quantity changesincrease, decrease, rise, fall, gain
- value decreasesdepreciation, markdown, discount, price cut, writedown
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
diminishmentincrease
Growth in amount
growth · expansion · enlargement · augmentation · magnification
diminishmentaggrandizement
Increase in power/status
exaltation · glorification · elevation · ennoblement · magnification
diminishmentempowerment
Gaining authority or confidence
strengthening · advancement · ascendancy · advance · fortification
diminish, minimize, diminutive, diminished, diminishing, diminution, minimized, minimization, minimizer