divestiture
noun
Simple meaning
Selling something off.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
dɪˈvɛstɪtʃɚ
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
The process of stripping away an individual's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate the individual into an organization.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient
- Frequency
- Rare
- Typical Use
- Primarily written
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
Used this way, divestiture is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional and finance or economics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Business/professional
- Finance/economics
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More ways to use divestiture
- “The court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly.”noun
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