accentuation

American  

[ak-sen-choo-ey-shuhn] / ækˌsɛn tʃuˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. an act or instance of accentuating.

2. something that is accentuated.

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Other Word Forms

• overaccentuation noun

Etymology

Origin of accentuation

1820–30; < Medieval Latin accentuātiōn- (stem of accentuātiō ) intoning. See accentuate, -ion

Example Sentences

As I scrolled through posts on WallStreetBets, I realized that the crowd gathered online was all about risk accentuation, not mitigation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Other parameters come into play, such as prosody, which includes pauses, accentuation and intonation.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

“Now and then, the listener became dimly aware of articulation, accentuation, stress or color shadings, but these nuances were so inextricably tied up with the words that such distinctions could not make themselves felt.”

From Washington Post • May 16, 2022

Intonation, the proper accentuation of some words over others in a sentence, all of these are crucial elements of Cash’s eventual success.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2018

The short hair accentuated his features, specifically his too-close-together beady eyes, which did not stand up well to accentuation.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green