antiquation means the process of becoming antique or obsolete. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 62 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ANTIQUATION — [Noun] The process of becoming antique or obsolete, or the state of having been rendered so. From Late Latin antīquātiō, antīquātiōnem (noun of action from antīquāre, "to make old"), derived from English antique + -ation. Unlike "obsolescence" (which implies functional irrelevance) or "archaism" (which denotes deliberate preservation), antiquation is the quiet, inevitable drift of things from utility to relic. It is the grandfather clock still keeping perfect time in an empty parlor, the rotary phone gathering dust in a drawer, or the once-vital skill of handwriting fading into a decorative art—proof that even the indispensable must one day surrender to the weight of years.
noun
- The process of becoming antique or obsolete.
- Something that is antique or obsolete.“What to Planck and to many of his contemporaries seemed perfectly indifferent antiquations, have again come to be regarded as questions of engrossing interest and vital importance[…]”