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DEVALUATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The reduction of something's value or worth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("devaluation" is a kind of...):
decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "devaluation"):
evisceration (altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value)
Derivation:
devaluate (lose in value)
devaluate (remove the value from; deprive of its value)
devalue (lower the value or quality of)
devalue (remove the value from; deprive of its value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("devaluation" is a kind of...):
regulating; regulation (the act of controlling or directing according to rule)
Derivation:
devaluate; devalue (lose in value)
devalue (lower the value or quality of)
