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demetrification

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of removing/hiding metrics (e.g. "like" count, view count, repost count) on social media websites.

By the website or creator of a post.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, uncountable

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Meaning 2

The act of removing/hiding metrics (e.g. "like" count, view count, repost count) on social media websites.

Voluntarily by the viewer as to decrease a website's addictiveness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, uncountable

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Meaning 3

The reversal of metrification.

The modifying of a device intended to display metric units to instead display American customary units.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, informal, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 4

The reversal of metrification.

The process of moving away from the metric system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, uncountable

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History

Etymology

de + metrification