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Word: Exacerbation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘provocation to anger’): from Latin exacerbatio(n-), from the verb exacerbare (see exacerbate)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪɡˌzasəˈbeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛɡˌzasəˈbeɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the process of making a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse
Short Definition:process of making problem worse
Examples:- a lack of stress reduction skills can lead to the exacerbation of existing problems and the onset of many others
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