disfigurement
Americannoun
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an act or instance of disfiguring.
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a disfigured condition.
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something that disfigures, as a scar.
noun
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something that disfigures
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the act of disfiguring or the state of being disfigured
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Origin of disfigurement
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It turns out that it’s difficult to squish a sphere into a flat rectangle without some disfigurement, but the Mercator errors have finally led to pushback.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
But his disfigurement never even gets another closeup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The scene is reminiscent of the heartbreaking moment in Peter Bogdanovich’s 1985 film “Mask” when a youth with a severe facial disfigurement discovered he looked normal in a funhouse mirror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Those who survived the atom bomb, along with their descendants, continue to live in the long shadow of that day – wrestling with disfigurement, pain, and a decades-long fight for justice that remains unresolved.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
It was impolite to stare at a person’s disfigurement.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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