What are some opposite words for extinction?
Antonyms for extinction
ɪkˈstɪŋk ʃənex·tinc·tion
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term extinction.
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extinction
Antonyms:
origination, inception, planting, birth, fife, course, operation, action, exercise, prosperity, continuance, survivalSynonyms:
destruction, stifling, suffocation, death, cessation, annihilation, obsolescence
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extinctionnoun
no longer active; extinguished
"the extinction of the volcano"
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinction, defunctnessnoun
no longer in existence
"the extinction of a species"
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extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinctionnoun
the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinction, exterminationnoun
complete annihilation
"they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
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extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, liquidation, extinguishingextinction, experimental extinctionnoun
a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishingextinction, extinguishing, quenchingnoun
the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
"the extinction of the lights"
Synonyms:
extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing
How to use extinction in a sentence?
We are threatened with extinction. This is a harsh word but every day we are being depleted. Our people are traveling, migrating.
These stresses haven't necessarily doomed anything to extinction, but they're definitely changing the conditions that all of these organisms are dealing with, and that may have really important ramifications -- and anything like that has potentially big implications for humans, too.
There is a massive decline in the number of funds, and no replacements, there has been a near 'extinction event' in commodities hedge funds.
Climate change threatens life on Earth, we have to fight climate change and biodiversity loss at the same time. Climate changes gets a lot more attention than extinction, but extinction is a big problem.
The platypuses are dying in many rivers and the situation seems to be getting worse, these are evolutionary relics unique to Australia, and factors such as the increasing frequency and duration of droughts are definitely going to drive many populations to extinction.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#428 | course | |
#473 | action | |
#1389 | operation | |
#2042 | exercise | |
#2223 | birth | |
#4736 | survival | |
#10369 | planting | |
#12003 | prosperity | |
#15733 | inception | |
#16484 | extinction | |
#16645 | fife | |
#27200 | origination | |
#32015 | continuance |
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