nivellizationn.
/ˌnɪvəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌnɪvl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌnɪvələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌnɪvəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ rare.
The process of making level or equal; removal of distinctions; an instance of this.
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nivellization1879
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > making equal
coequation1471
perequation1611
equiparation1615
pariation1623
adequation1650
equation1656
equalization1793
nivellization1947
1879 G. Vigfusson & F. Y. Powell Icelandic Prose Reader 469 There is a nivellization of all vowels as to their quantities.
1947 R. Wellek in H. Smith Columbia Dict. Mod. European Lit. 186/1 There was after the war a most impressive expansion—with the concomitant dangers in a break with tradition, in commercialization and nivellization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1879- to stead up
- to steady the helm
- to steal a bye
- to steal a march
- to steal a marriage
- to steal a nap
- to steal away
- to steal blind
- to steal down
- to steal home
- to steal in
- to steal off
- to steal on
- to steal one's nap
- to steal one's way
- to steal oneself drunk
- to steal picture, scene, show
- to steal some one in
- to steal some something in
- to steal someone blind
- to steal someone's thunder
- to steal the picture, scene, show
- to steal thunder
- to steam a postage etc off
- to steam a postage label off