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STULTIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stultification mean? 

STULTIFICATION (noun)
  The noun STULTIFICATION has 2 senses:

1. derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistentplay

2. the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)play

  Familiarity information: STULTIFICATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STULTIFICATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

befooling; stultification

Hypernyms ("stultification" is a kind of...):

derision (contemptuous laughter)

Derivation:

stultify (cause to appear foolish)

stultify (prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

constipation; deadening; impairment; stultification

Hypernyms ("stultification" is a kind of...):

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))


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