devitalization en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English devitalize 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 devitalization From devitalize + -ation.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The act or process of devitalizing; its results.
The wands are Spenser's phallic white rods, here symbolizing wintry devitalization.
1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
Antonyms
reanimation · vivification · enlivening · waxing · vitalization · booming · blossoming · revivification · blooming · animation · invigoration · thriving · growth
Coordinates
bleeding · failure to thrive · mortality · death · moribundness · weakening · flagging · wilting · lifelessness · wizening · moribundity · dieback · unliveliness · dormancy · morbidity · sapping · killing · waning
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
sedation · relaxation · benumbment
Synonyms
de-energization · devitalization · deanimation · disanimation
Translations (1)
it devitalizzazione (Translations)