Associations to the word «Accentuation»

Wiktionary

ACCENTUATION, noun. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
ACCENTUATION, noun. (ecclesiastical) (music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Dictionary definition

ACCENTUATION, noun. The use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance.
ACCENTUATION, noun. The act of giving special importance or significance to something.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats