disafforestation
disafforestation · disafforestations
The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land,…The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, historical, uncountable)The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Deforestation.
Origin
From post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of LatinFrom post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, disafforest + -ation.
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Forms
plural: disafforestations| Singular | disafforestation |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelateddisafforestment
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable