nullification

Other forms of nullification

plural

nullifications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nullification

What does nullification mean?

nullification means "the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nullification?

nullification has 5 syllables: nul-li-fi-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌnʌləfəˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for nullification?

Close synonyms include override. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nullification a common word?

nullification is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nullification?

104 words rhyme with nullification. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.