Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See minimization, minimize.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Chiefly Brit. minimization.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
minimization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position
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Examples
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• Balancing the demands of short-term minimisation of operational costs with the longer term performance and life expectancy of assets.
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Contemplating denial, Freud talked about "minimisation", in which a fact is admitted but its seriousness denied, and "projection", in which repressed thoughts are attributed to someone else.
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Part of the Brotherhood, Habib said, believes that maintaining the body of the organisation is "an aim in itself" and this group wants a "minimisation" of political participation.
unknown title 2009
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England have preyed on the impatience and adventure of the modern player by diligence and risk minimisation.
Andrew Strauss believes England's success is well founded to continue 2011
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People can hardly rely on harm minimisation arguments to get something legalized and then turn around and complain when the government wants to ban advertisements promoting it.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Advertisements of Legal Prostitution 2010
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The show also covered regulated boxing as one of the first “Harm minimisation” policies - subsequently adopted by agencies seeking to moderate the harm caused by & to intravenous drug users etc.
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But Assange and said that the site applied "harm minimisation" procedures before publishing material.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: more revelations to come 2010
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This is a sensible risk minimisation procedure to introduce.
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One obviously goes to national security, another goes to minimisation of risk, and the other obviously goes to where the collection centres that the British hold might be available for use.
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His persistent minimisation of the 1915 Armenian genocide, like his patronising dismissal of Kurdish nationalism, is often chalked up to his position in Ankara.
The Atlantic and Its Enemies by Norman Stone DD Guttenplan 2010
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