[dee-em-fuh-sis] 
[-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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