nebulation

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noun

The condition of being nebulated.

“We happened to start speaking of the general present-day nebulation of the notion of "sin," of its confusion with the much more carnally colored idea of "crime," — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire”

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Meanings

nounnebulation (countable and uncountable, plural nebulations)

plural nebulations

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being nebulated.
  2. countableuncountableA clouded or ill-defined mark of colour.
  3. countableuncountableThe process or condition of becoming nebulous, vague, or ill-defined; obscuration of the boundaries or meaning of something.

    We happened to start speaking of the general present-day nebulation of the notion of "sin," of its confusion with the much more carnally colored idea of "crime," — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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