deterioration

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˌtɪəɹɪəˈɹeɪʃən/
• (US) IPA: /dɪˌtiː.ɹi.ɔˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

deterioration (countable and uncountable; plural deteriorations)

1. The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
   • 2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?”, the Guardian:

     The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.

Translations

process of growing worse

• Bulgarian: разваляне (bg) (razvaljane), влошаване (bg) (vlošavane)
• Catalan: deterioració (ca) f
• German: Verschlimmerung (de) f
• Greek: επιδείνωση (el) (epideínosi) f 

• Italian: deterioramento (it) m
• Romanian: deteriorare (ro) f
• Spanish: deterioro (es) m, deterioración (es) f
• Swedish: försämring (sv) c