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Deteriorate vs Undermind - What's the difference?

deteriorate | undermind |

As a verb deteriorate

is to make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

As a noun undermind is

the subconscious mind or self.

deteriorate

English

Verb

(deteriorat)
  • To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
    • to deteriorate the mind
  • * Southey
    • The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation
  • To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 8 , author=Paul Fletcher , title=Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=It was turning into an abysmal afternoon for Newcastle and it deteriorated further when Tiote saw red for his challenge on Jon Ashton. }}

    Related terms

    * deterioration * deteriorative * deteriorable

    Synonyms

    * worsen

    Antonyms

    * ameliorate * better * improve

    undermind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The subconscious mind or self.
  • *1909 , Percy Dearmer, Body and soul :
    • The doctor assists the undermind', and his assistance is often utterly indispensable: for instance, he "sets" a broken limb, and gives the ' undermind every assistance, [...]
  • The unconscious mind; intuition.
  • *2010 , Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner, Riding the Waves of Innovation :
    • Others have named this "tortoise mind" as intuition, or the unconscious, and the id. Caxton goes on to name it the "undermind ."

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    Antonyms

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