Definition of "levelling" []

• Present participle of level. (verb)

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• "For neither would Teufelsdröckh's mad daydream, here as we presume covertly intended, of levelling Society (_levelling_ it indeed with a vengeance, into one huge drowned marsh!), and so attaining the political effects of Nudity without its frigorific or other consequences, -- be thereby realised."
• "In order to galvanise tepid Democratic enthusiasm, the party has not been shy in levelling other accusations at Republican opponents."
• "Research into the field of reading literacy supports the position that book levelling is something that ends with classroom guided reading programs and is not meant to apply to classroom libraries or, by obvious extension, to the school library collection (Fountas & Pinnell)."