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de-emphasis

or de·em·pha·sis

[ dee-em-fuh-sis ]

noun

, plural de-em·pha·ses [dee-, em, -f, uh, -seez].
  1. a reduction in emphasis:

    There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.

  2. the act or process of de-emphasizing.
  3. Electronics. a process of reducing the relative amplitude of certain frequencies in a signal that have been exaggerated by preemphasis, restoring the signal to its original form.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of de-emphasis1

First recorded in 1935–40; de- + emphasis

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