erosion
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4.2
- noun
- /ɪˈroʊʒən/
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erosión
- Over the past century, American Indian communities have experienced an erosion of traditional values and lifestyle.
- cultural erosion
- erosion of legitimacy
- erosion of sovereignty
We had massive erosion of credit standards.
- We had massive erosion of credit standards.
- And that leads to an erosion of integrity and self esteem.
- That's one ticking time bomb that played a role in the increasing erosion of confidence in the Soviet Union.
- But, you know, I, I think it shows that there is an erosion of norms that is happening.
- And in there, there's this slow erosion of our freedoms and our privacy.
- My mission is to prevent the erosion of the culture of humanity that built the world.
- It's a taboo to link Islam, immigration and the erosion of women's rights, but it has to be done.
- The day that you began to compromise and negotiate with your goals and dreams is when the erosion of your life began.
- I just, I think we need to be panicking about this erosion in the norm of nonviolence in Western liberal democracy.
- Or, or we might see a further erosion in governments and nations as a connective tissue becomes less well connected.
- Many had heavy inventory, misjudging the erosion in demand by buyers.
- but in that the erosion of the self,
- I, I, I wouldn't subscribe to the view that there's been subtle erosion.
- So we have this steady erosion in the face of tremendous efforts to conserve nature.
Examples
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Can we reverse this erosion of the quality and integrity of higher learning?
Academic text (1990) -
We had massive erosion of credit standards.
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The erosion of our quality of life.
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My mission is to prevent the erosion of the culture of humanity that built the world.
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The insidious erosion of their quality of life.
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If Indians accept that, it's another form of cultural erosion, a step toward total cultural assimilation.
Academic text (2011) -
What I what I feared and fear is that what has happened is there's been such an erosion of trust in in institutions.
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One of my greatest frustrations is the gradual erosion of school library programs in this otherwise exciting instructional shift.
Academic text (2013) -
But whilst there hasn't been any overt breach of the Joint Declaration, there has been a more subtle erosion of it.
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We are witnessing a significant erosion of trust in government institutions.
Synonyms
43
5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
17
3.0
Slow damage that happens to things like cars or furniture from normal use over time
15
6.3
Loss of value of something like a car as it gets older or wears out
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6.6
A slow decrease in size, strength, or number
5
7.9
A decrease in size, amount, or importance
4
6.7
A decrease in size, strength or importance
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8.3
A slow decline from a higher to a lower state in quality or power
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7.4
Slow wearing away of a surface by rubbing or natural forces
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3.9
A fall in how good something is over time
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5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
1
6.0
A gradual decrease in size or strength
A slow change that makes something worse
A slow wearing away of a surface when something rubs it
Slow loss of a surface by water, wind, or rubbing
Removal of a surface layer, for example from skin or land by natural forces
A surface or area that slopes downward
Antonyms
Compounds
How Severe
- Specialized
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8.2
29
4.2
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.7
21
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Erosion comes from the Latin verb erodere, which meant 'to gnaw away'. So we also use erosion for slow losses, like trust or savings, because they are slowly 'gnawed away' over time.