OBSOLESCENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obsolescence mean? 

• OBSOLESCENCE (noun)
  The noun OBSOLESCENCE has 1 sense:

1. the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date

  Familiarity information: OBSOLESCENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBSOLESCENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

a policy of planned obsolescence

Hypernyms ("obsolescence" is a kind of...):

degeneration; devolution (the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality)

Derivation:

obsolesce (become obsolete, fall into disuse)

obsolescent (becoming obsolete)