Dictionary

de-escalation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /diːˌɛskəˈleɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English escalate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English escalation English de-escalation From de- + escalation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A decrease in scope, extension or severity.
   • The efforts at de-escalation have been many and varied. The most obvious have been high-level visits to Israel from US, UK and German leaders. 2023 October 22, Jason Burke, “The week the world tried to stop Gaza spinning out of control”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Forms

Antonyms

escalation

Relateds

de-escalate

Translations (14)

uk деескала́ція (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · ka დეესკალაცია (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · fi lievittäminen (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · pl deeskalacja (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · es desescalada (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · fi liennyttäminen (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · id deeskalasi (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · ca desescalada (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · ru деэскала́ция (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · pt desescalada (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · be дээскалацыя (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · el αποκλιμάκωση (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · de Deeskalation (a decrease in scope, extension or severity) · fr désescalade (a decrease in scope, extension or severity)