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noun
Undoing or dissolution of conversion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: regression, deconversion, restitution, restoration, reversion, step back
Antonyms: conversion, development, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation, sea change
Broader terms: reversion
noun
Undoing or dissolution of conversion.
The loss of faith in a given religion and return to a previously held religion or non-religion (typically atheism, agnosticism, or rationalism).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: regression, deconversion, restitution, restoration, reversion, step back, apostasy
Antonyms: conversion, development, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation, sea change
Broader terms: reversion
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English conversion English deconversion From de- + conversion.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
