Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which diminishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, diminishes anything.
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- noun One who, or that which,
diminishes something.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is everyone who thought that show funny a Holocaust diminisher?
Michele Somerville: Should Susan Sarandon Apologize For Calling The Pope A "Nazi?" Michele Somerville 2011
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It is an industry-killer–or, if that language overstates the case, an industry-diminisher.
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As well as listing straightforward kennings, this unravels the allusions behind complex ones such as hunger-diminisher of din-seagulls of animal-gleam of Heiti - which simply means "warrior".
Darmok and other allusions Ray Girvan 2004
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As well as listing straightforward kennings, this unravels the allusions behind complex ones such as hunger-diminisher of din-seagulls of animal-gleam of Heiti - which simply means "warrior".
Archive 2004-04-01 Ray Girvan 2004
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Why is there a circular diminisher, why is there a bather, why is there no scraper, why is there a dinner, why is there a bell ringer, why is there a duster, why is there a section of a similar resemblance, why is there that scissor.
Rooms 1914
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Why is there a circular diminisher, why is there a bather, why is there no scraper, why is there a dinner, why is there a bell ringer, why is there a duster, why is there a section of a similar resemblance, why is there that scissor.
Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms Gertrude Stein 1910
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Hence, vigorous antiseptic and other rational treatment of all acute disturbances of the nose and throat, however slight, will prove a valuable preventive and diminisher of the percentage of rheumatism.
Preventable Diseases Woods Hutchinson 1896
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Indeed, the party stopped is hardly regarded as a person: no account is taken of his demerits: he is regarded simply as an abridger and diminisher of what you have a right to preserve intact.
Moral Philosophy Joseph Rickaby 1888
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It is a false report then that the governors of the nations have received against the city, this New Jerusalem, if they believe, that according to the tale that is told them, she is and hath been of old a rebellious city, and destructive to kings, and a diminisher of their revenues.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658
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The evidence in favor of the cloud as a net diminisher of CO2 isn't just anecdotal, it has been studied.
Digital Trends Nick Mokey 2010
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