Definitions for DIMINISHED
di·min·ished

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. diminished, lessened, vitiated, weakenedadjective

   impaired by diminution

2. atrophied, wasted, diminishedadjective

   (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

   "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"

3. diminishedadjective

   (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval

   "a diminished fifth"

4. belittled, diminished, smalladjective

   made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

   "her comments made me feel small"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. diminishedadjective

   lessened, reduced.

   The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.

2. diminishedadjective

   reduced by a semitone

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1. diminished

   Diminished, in general terms, refers to something that has been reduced or made smaller in size, importance, status or value. It can also imply that something has weakened, declined, lessened or degraded in power, quality, or intensity. This term can be used in different contexts such as music, mathematics, law, and other various fields.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Diminished

   of Diminish

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1. • Music

How to pronounce DIMINISHED?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DIMINISHED in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DIMINISHED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of DIMINISHED in a Sentence

1. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

   This is a statement of the Congress of the United States and I will not have that statement be diminished by whether the President will veto it or not.

2. Michael Kearns:

   I am now going to have to accept a report card from a foreign country and ... a foreign passport as authenticated documents.I myself as the clerk am going to have to do that, we used to have to rely on a third party, the fed government, to do that so they have diminished a New York drivers license, and we are very concerned for our safety and security because western New York is a border to Canada.

3. Justin Trudeau:

   Canada has such a diminished voice on the world stage that Mr. Harper hasn't noticed that Vladimir Putin didn't listen to him when he told him to get out of Ukraine.

4. Bertrand Russell:

   One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever was before, because, owing to the growth of education, it is much easier than it used to be to spread misinformation, and, owing to democracy, the spread of misinformation is more important than in former times to the holders of power.

5. Tara Houska:

   Greeting indigenous Code Talkers in front of that portrait, knowing Andrew Jackson is responsible for the Trail of Tears, is disrespectful -- it's worse than that. It's appallingly out of touch, this isn't the first time he's attempted to slur Elizabeth Warren by calling her Pocahontas, who was a real person, and he diminished an entire demographic of native women to a single figure in history who's been largely fetishized and whose traumatic story has been whitewashed by the American narrative.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DIMINISHED
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Diminished
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DIMINISHED