bolsterment

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noun

The process of bolstering.

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Meanings

nounbolsterment (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of bolstering.

    Because Caroline and Caleb had paid no attention to him when he made the first martini, he now made a second, for energy and general bolsterment, and officially considered it his first.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Origin

From bolster + -ment.

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APA

bolsterment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolsterment

MLA

“bolsterment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolsterment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bolsterment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolsterment.

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