Dictionary Entry
differentiation
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/dif-er-en-shee-ay-shun/Word FrequencyCommon (4.19)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)The act of differentiating.
In a Sentence
“The article includes differentiation to support a careful argument.”
Published Usage Examples
“And that's why the term differentiation has acquired a negative connotation.”
“The Lib Dems are now all pretty much agreed that they need to be more aggressive about what they call "differentiation": showing the voters that they are not and never will be Tories, and exposing some of the coalition's internal battles to daylight in order to prove it to the voters.”
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Origin
From Latin 'differentia', meaning 'difference'.
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