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Meaning of "despoliation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPOLIATION

despoliation  [dɪˌspəʊlɪˈeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPOLIATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despoliation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DESPOLIATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of despoliation in the English dictionary

The definition of despoliation in the dictionary is the act of despoiling; plunder or pillage. Other definition of despoliation is the state of being despoiled.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPOLIATION


abbreviation
əˌbriːvɪˈeɪʃən
affiliation
əˌfɪlɪˈeɪʃən
appreciation
əˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
association
əˌsəʊsɪˈeɪʃən
aviation
ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃən
depreciation
dɪˌpriːʃɪˈeɪʃən
deviation
ˌdiːvɪˈeɪʃən
differentiation
ˌdɪfəˌrɛnʃɪˈeɪʃən
humiliation
hjuːˌmɪlɪˈeɪʃən
initiation
ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃən
irradiation
ɪˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
mediation
ˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
negotiation
nɪˌɡəʊʃɪˈeɪʃən
pronunciation
prəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən
radiation
ˌreɪdɪˈeɪʃən
Reconciliation
ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən
recreation
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən
remediation
rɪˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən
retaliation
rɪˌtælɪˈeɪʃən
variation
ˌvɛərɪˈeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPOLIATION

despiteous
despiteously
despoil
despoiler
despoiling
despoilment
despond
despondence
despondency
despondent
despondently
despondingly
despot
despotat
despotic
despotical
despotically
despoticalness
despotism
despotocracy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPOLIATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of despoliation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DESPOLIATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «despoliation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of despoliation

Translation of «despoliation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPOLIATION

Find out the translation of despoliation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of despoliation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despoliation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

掠夺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despojo
570 millions of speakers

English

despoliation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लूट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نهب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ограбления
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espoliação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépouillement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembunuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Plünderung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

略奪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약탈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Despoliation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chiếm đoạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

despoliation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निराशा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağmacılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spoliazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

profanowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пограбування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despoliation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plundering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plundring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plyndring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despoliation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPOLIATION»

The term «despoliation» is regularly used and occupies the 78.322 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPOLIATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «despoliation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «despoliation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despoliation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPOLIATION»

Discover the use of despoliation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despoliation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Despoliation of Egypt: In Pre-Rabbinic, Rabbinic and ...
This work examines the role played by the biblical motif of the despoliation of Egypt in the understanding Gentiles had of Jews, and how Jews defended themselves, their heroes and their God in the face of anti-Jewish slander.
Joel Stevens Allen, 2008
2
Landscape Disturbance and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type ...
Landscape homogeneization fragmentation, and despoliation diminishes biodiversity which in turn further reduces landscape heterogeneity. I have attempted to show that in perturbation-dependent Mediterranean cultural bio- landscapes, total ...
Philip W. Rundel, Gloria Montenegro Rizzardini, Fabian M. Jaksic, 1998
3
Canada And The World: Agenda For The Last Decade Of The ...
Canada and the World: Agenda For The Last Decade Of The Millennium
Anatol Rapoport, 2014
4
Nigeria: Her Woes and Their True Remedies
Man's lust and greed have wrought destruction upon the Earth and damage to the atmosphere. I call these damages environmental despoliation. Environmental despoliation in this country occurs in many ways, including solid mineral, oil, and  ...
Onyeije Chukwudum Okoro, 2009
5
Starting the Twenty-First Century: Sociological Reflections ...
Many of the letters sent to the Mission concerned the furniture despoliation by the Germans. Maybe it is a result of the symbolic importance of this strange despoliation. The systematic despoliation of flats made by the Germans in France , in the ...
Ernest Krausz, Gitta Tulea, 2002
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Garner's Modern American Usage
2002, at 4. spoliation; despoliation; ✳despoilment. A learned word, spoliation / spoh-lee-ay-shәn/ means the act of ruining, destroying, or spoiling something. In the hands and mouths of the less-than-learned, it's often misspelled and ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
7
After the Fall: German Policy in Occupied France, 1940-1944
despoliation. Before 1942, the fortunes of war clearly favored the Axis powers on the continent of Europe. German victories in Poland (September 1939), Norway ( April 1940), France (June 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), Greece (April 1941), ...
Thomas J. Laub, 2009
8
Raiding Saint Peter: Empty Sees, Violence, and the ...
the despoliation of the movable goods of the church, and not of its immovables ( real estate). The movable goods of the church encompass a large array of things: all the goods attached to its immovables, like furniture, living-quarters, tools, ...
Joëlle Rollo-Koster, 2008
9
Mining & Environment in India
Areas of Severe Despoliation The areas of severe despoliation arc related to mining of a variety of minerals, viz., coal, ironore, limestone and bauxite, whereas those of very severe magnitude, as explained above, are confined only to the ...
S. C. Joshi, Y. P. S. Pangtey, G. Bhattacharya, 1988
10
Enlightenment East and West
The forward march of history towards universal happiness sought by Enlightenment West seems instead to be veering towards despoliation of the environment through rampant technologization, and possible despoliation of humanity.
Leonard Angel, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPOLIATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term despoliation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Native title yes, but no land rights
They have a choice: accept the mine, making perhaps significant money from the despoliation so entailed; or resist – forfeiting all compensation ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
Notes on the US Form of Fascism
... structurally, corporation policy can see that type of despoliation to be valid. When the US bombs another country, or instigates civil war within ... «Bay Area Indymedia, Jul 15»
3
Pope Francis defends poor, calls for unity in Latin America
It was a cry, the pope said, which arose from being conscious of a lack of freedom, of exploitation and despoliation, of being “subject to the ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Jul 15»
4
Pope Francis: Evangelize with the Gospel of Joy
It was a cry which arose from being conscious of a lack of freedom, of exploitation and despoliation, of being “subject to the passing whims of ... «Vatican Radio, Jul 15»
5
The Skriker, Royal Exchange Manchester, review: Maxine Peake is …
The publicity had portrayed this as an apocalyptic metaphor for the revenge of nature over human despoliation of the earth. But that is too ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
6
Self-Reliance - the Counter Position
... political power in order to force the former imperial and colonial powers to pay compensation to Africa for their despoliation of the continent. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
7
Marin Voice: Speaking with power, practicing freedom
... encyclical “Laudato Si (Be Praised),” Pope Francis has been able to make the moral connection that because of our despoliation of the Earth, ... «Marin Independent Journal, Jul 15»
8
A papal call to reconcile the natural, spiritual and industrial worlds
... and the wanton despoliation of the planet. His encyclical builds on the thinking of the many Christians who mined Biblical texts to support the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
9
Book Excerpt: “Syria Burning”
The armed men were a minority among dissidents who recoiled from the despoliation of their country that would necessarily accompany a ... «WhoWhatWhy / RealNewsProject, Jul 15»
10
Athens Agonistes: Troika Extremists Write New Greek Tragedy
Yet throughout history, these myths have led to the deaths and despoliation of millions of innocent people. It is a myth that perpetuates ... «Empire Burlesque, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Despoliation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/despoliation>. Apr 2024 ».
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