Synonyms for deterioration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-teer-ee-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌtɪər i əˈreɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for deterioration
Définition of deterioration
Origin :- 1650s, possibly a native formation, or else from French détérioration (15c.), noun of action from détériorer, from Late Latin deteriorare (see deteriorate).
- noun decay, degeneration
- The strong, pure heart had undergone a change, but not a deterioration.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Not that she was in the least aware of the deterioration of her character.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- And why is it the monks, above all, who contribute to the deterioration of faith? '
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- Certainly hundreds of prints can be made without any deterioration.
- Extract from : « Wood-Block Printing » by F. Morley Fletcher
- Let it be ever remembered that this is the ideal, from which any departure is deterioration.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- It is a genuine instance of deterioration in ethnic religion.
- Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz
- In the preliminary operations this deterioration was not apparent.
- Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
- I have called the process "deterioration," but that, of course, is matter of opinion.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
- The reason for this deterioration is not difficult to comprehend.
- Extract from : « South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) » by Louis Creswicke
Antonyms for deterioration
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