mediocritizationn.
/ˌmiːdɪˌɒkrᵻtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmidiˌɑkrədəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmidiˌɑkrəˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Originally U.S.
The action or process of making mediocre; reduction (of both good and bad things) to a common level of mediocrity.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun] > reduction to
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1925 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/1 Modern man is also striving with all his might to resist the leveling and mediocritization of the mass movement.
1970 Esquire Aug. 124/4 I subscribe more to my own theory of our general mediocritization (or would if the word itself were less unwieldy).
1986 Christian Sci. Monitor 17 Apr. 29/3 It leads to mediocritization and trivialization of theater.
1999 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 30 Mar. 5 b He fears a ‘mediocritization’ of city services and wants a more fair distribution of state funds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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