nullification
English
Etymology
null + -ification
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌnʌlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
nullification (countable and uncountable, plural nullifications)
- The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
- The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
- (neologism) Surgical removal of genitals (and sometimes nipples) as a form of body modification; a person who has undergone this surgery is a nullo.
Translations
the act of nullifying something
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
nullification f (plural nullifications)
- nullification
Further reading
- “nullification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.