Definition of "de-emphasis" [de-emphasis]

• A reduction in emphasis. (noun)
• The act of de-emphasizing. (noun)

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• "The de-emphasis of the HR function during the 1990s, for example, left agency leaders ill-prepared to meet the strategic hiring, performance and retention challenges that have been plaguing government."
• "But Comerica's de-emphasis on commercial mortgages continues to dampen the expansion of the bank's overall loan book."
• "With the news yesterday that the Sci-Fi Channel is becoming SyFy (with a de-emphasis on actual SF) you can hear SF fans everywhere crying out in anguish."