disfiguration
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- noun
- /ˌdɪsˈfɪɡjʊˌreɪʃən/
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desfiguración
- The two lance wounds he sustained, one in the arm and the other in the mouth, became the occasion for the sonnet "A Mario," a poem whose play on poetic figuration and physical disfiguration is also waiting to receive adequate critical attention.
Examples
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Mirror disfiguration.
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In that sense—and this is the second point—presentism was not a form of knowledge as such; rather, it was a model of misrecognition and disfiguration.
Academic text (2010) -
Images of the disfiguration and dismemberment of the dead and of the stolen children are mnemonic, overdetermined narrative images of historical imagination.
Academic text (1997) -
Those who had actually seen Tokusho's leg dominated the conversations, describing its shape and smell, its luster and consistency, and the disfiguration of the toenails.
Fiction book (1998) -
The "discovery" of African art was followed by amassing objects and trading them in the West, and later, mass-producing fakes, copies, and disfigurations of the traditional forms.
Academic text (2002) -
The accident left her with a noticeable disfiguration on her face that affected her confidence.
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He sought surgery to correct the disfiguration caused by the burn on his arm.
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Many people with visible disfiguration experience challenges in social situations.
Synonyms
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A part of the body that has an unusual shape due to birth, injury, or disease
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A change in shape or appearance that makes things look less accurate
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A visible change that makes parts of the body look damaged after injury, disease, or birth defect
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Damage to the outside of something that makes it look spoiled
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Damage to the surface or appearance of something, often done on purpose
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The process of food becoming rotten or unsafe to eat
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Making a place or building look less attractive
Antonyms
How Disfigured
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disfiguration comes from the parts dis- meaning 'not' or 'away' and figure meaning 'shape' or 'form', like the everyday word figure or a small figurine. So disfiguration means spoiling or damaging the shape or look of something.