Contracting and Diminishment

Contracting

Contracting noun - The act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing.
Usage example: the contracting of the time frame for the primaries tends to favor candidates who are already well-known

Diminishment and contracting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Diminishment" instead a noun "Contracting".

Diminishment

Diminishment noun - The act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant.

Contracting and diminishment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contracting" instead a noun "Diminishment".
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