diminishment

Example Sentences

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Staging a Shakespeare tragedy with just four actors sounds like a potentially comic stunt or an unfortunate advertisement of dire economic straits, in either case a radical diminishment of the play.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

In it, she traces the roots of women’s tendency to apologize for their ailing or unruly bodies to centuries of diminishment by the medical establishment.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Founding-era dictionaries define abridging as a reduction or diminishment.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2023

The loss or diminishment of background acting roles could take a huge toll on the industry by making it even more difficult for young or new performers to launch their careers.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

When the powerful are made weak, when they are revealed to be human, to have hearts, their diminishment is nothing short of terrifying.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo