stultifying

Meanings

• Adjective

  Making someone or something dull and uninteresting.

  - "The long lecture was stultifying."
  - "The stultifying effect of routine on creativity is well known."

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Synonyms

humiliate

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with stultifying
ultifying , infantiling , cantereling

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Variants

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stultification , stultifications , stultified , stultifies , stultify , stultifying

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'stultus' meaning foolish or stupid.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'stultifying' comes from the Latin word 'stultus', which also gave us the English word 'stupid'.

2. In literature, the term 'stultification' has been used to describe the process by which a character's intelligence or individuality is suppressed or diminished.

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Related Concepts

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1. Boredom: Stultifying is often used to describe situations or experiences that cause boredom or a feeling of being dulled or numbed.

2. Routine: The repetition of the same tasks or activities day after day can lead to a stultifying effect.

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'stultifying' as something that makes things dull and uninteresting.

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