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devaluation

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V AE2 L Y UW0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D IY2 V AE0 L Y UW0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The removal or lessening of something's value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The intentional or deliberate lowering of a currency's value compared to another country's currency or a standard value (e.g. the price of gold).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Depreciation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

the reduction of something's value or worth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Broader terms: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down

Narrower terms: evisceration

5

noun

Meaning 5

an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regulation, regulating

History

Etymology

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 valuation English devaluation From de- + valuation.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արժեզրկում (aržezrkum) — depreciation
  • Belarusian: дэвальва́цыя (devalʹvácyja) — depreciation
  • Bulgarian: обезце́няване (obezcénjavane) — depreciation
  • Bulgarian: девалва́ция (devalvácija) — depreciation
  • French: dévaluation — depreciation
  • German: Abwertung — depreciation
  • German: Devaluation — depreciation
  • German: Devalvation — depreciation
  • Italian: svalutazione — depreciation
  • Macedonian: обезвреднување (obezvrednuvanje) — depreciation
  • Polish: dewaluacja — depreciation
  • Russian: обесце́нивание (obescénivanije) — depreciation
  • Russian: обесце́нение (obescénenije) — depreciation
  • Russian: девальва́ция (devalʹvácija) — depreciation
  • Spanish: devaluación — depreciation
  • Spanish: depreciación — depreciation
  • Turkish: devalüasyon — depreciation
  • Ukrainian: знеці́нення (znecínennja) — depreciation
  • Ukrainian: девальва́ція (devalʹvácija) — depreciation