gracilization
/ˌɡras(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃn/ /ˌɡrasɪlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/(also gracilisation) Chiefly Physical Anthropol.
noun
The (evolutionary) process of becoming thinner or more gracile.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. From gracile + -ization, after Russian gracilizacija.
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