📉diminution

Meaning

a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something

A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something; decrease.

Example Sentences

The report showed a steady diminution of resources over the last decade.

There has been a diminution in air pollution.

Synonyms

reduction, decrease, decline, lessening, weakening, contraction

Entry 1

reduction, decrease, decline, lessening, weakening

Entry 2

reduction, decline, contraction

Antonyms

increase, growth, expansion, escalation

Entry 1

increase, growth, expansion

Entry 2

expansion, growth, escalation

Collocations

diminution of power, diminution of resources, diminution of importance