accentuation

accentuate | American Dictionary

accentuate
verb[ T ]
us/ɪkˈsen·tʃuˌeɪt, æk-/
to emphasize a particular feature of something or to make something more noticeable:
The short black dress accentuated her slenderness.

Examples of accentuate

accentuate
While the virtues of country life were still stressed, the differences between town and country became less accentuated.
These differences are likely to be accentuated when some countries implement pension reforms, such as more pre-funding schemes.
More marked has come to mean ' less informative than ', or else ' accentuating ' (61) affirmative statements either by presupposing them or by correcting them.
This pattern was often accentuated whilst breathing out between phrases, when the process needed to be quick, or whilst trying to play quietly.
What all this means is that endogenous changes in social norms may accentuate problems of moral hazard in connection with various welfare-state arrangements.
The mass of the enclosing walls is emphasised by the angled window splays, the thickness of the walls accentuated by the depth of the niches.
Having the patient walk heel-to-toe narrows the base and can accentuate imbalance associated with central nervous system disorders, particularly cerebellar lesions.
Another problem associated with this taboo theme of psychological gerontology has been the tendency to accentuate men's sexuality more than women's.
This factor may be slightly accentuated by the varying length of the life-cycle in different foodstuffs.
This sense of separation is accentuated by the structure climbing higher than the adjacent roof line to admit light from the south.
This can be accentuated in microsatellites by the number of loci required to study the population in question.
Acoustic properties of the instruments are accentuated during the solo part, and natural noises of the recorder arise when amplified through a microphone.
Through highlighting these elements and accentuating their qualities, the audience's response to the site and the work became potentially guided by the choreographer.
Like involvement in commerce and banking, this political modification of the traditional aristocratic role in society further accentuated divisions within the nobility.
The right offers political influence to the church, and the church, in turn, accentuates moral individualism that diverts the public from their concern on redistribution.
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