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emphasis

special importance

Related forms: emphasis · 3 words in this dictionary

Related words

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3 words
de-emphasis

The act or process of reducing the importance, attention, or prominence given to something.

de+emphasis

Shared component: emphasis · special importance

re-emphasis

a renewed or repeated emphasis on something; the act of emphasizing something again.

re+emphasis

Shared component: emphasis · special importance

overemphasis

The act of giving something too much importance or attention.

over+emphasis

Shared component: emphasis · special importance