The act of making something more prominent or noticeable; the process of emphasizing particular features.
Derived from 'accentuate' plus the suffix '-tion', which forms nouns from verbs. It entered English in the 16th century to describe the deliberate emphasis of features in speech, music, or design.
In music, accentuation tells performers exactly which notes to punch up, creating rhythm and energy—without it, everything would sound equally flat and boring, like reading without punctuation.
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