nullification

English

Etymology

From null +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnʌlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Noun

nullification (countable and uncountable, plural nullifications)

1. The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or no legal effect.
2. The nullification crisis in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
3. (neologism) Surgical removal of genitals (and sometimes nipples) as a form of body modification; a person who has undergone this surgery is a nullo.

Derived terms

• jury nullification

Translations

the act of nullifying something

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: анулиране (bg) n (anulirane), обезсилване (bg) n (obezsilvane) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: mitätöinti (fi), nullifikaatio French: annulation (fr) Greek: Ancient: ἀθέτησις f (athétēsis) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Italian: nullificazione f Japanese: 無効化 (むこうか, mukōka) Korean: please add this translation if you can Maori: whakakāhoretanga Ottoman Turkish: ابطال (ibtal) Portuguese: anulação (pt) f Russian: обнуле́ние (ru) n (obnulénije) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

the nullification crisis in U.S. history

French: nullification (fr)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.li.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

nullification f (plural nullifications)

1. nullification, in the sense of American constitutional law

Further reading

• “nullification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.