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Diminution refers to the quality or process of being reduced in size, extent or importance.
When Vroom Conquers Cuteness Dan Neil 2011
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No Diminution of the British veto on anything “that can have a big say in our own tax and benefits system”
Archive 2007-06-17 2007
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To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Voting, Religion, and Public Officials: 2009
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Man against the least Diminution of civil Freedom.
Annotations 2007
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Friends; and though the Diminution of my Estate call'd loud for a
Exilius 2008
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Diminution — of American prestige, both military and political, and thus of American power;
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Diminution of the Ogallala beyond a certain point could begin to harm human, animal and plant life in the region.
The Big Thirst 2007
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Diminution or suppression of modesty certainly makes attaining the end of desire easier—which was the intention of the sexual revolution—but it also dismantles the structure of involvement and attachment, reducing sex to the thing-in-itself.
THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003
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Diminution or suppression of modesty certainly makes attaining the end of desire easier—which was the intention of the sexual revolution—but it also dismantles the structure of involvement and attachment, reducing sex to the thing-in-itself.
THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND Allan Bloom 2003
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