Word of the Day 03/21/22 Stultify

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Stultify (verb)
stultify [ stuhl-tuh-fahy ]

verb (used with object), stul·ti·fied, stul·ti·fy·ing.
1. to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
2. to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means: Menial work can stultify the mind.
3. Law. to allege or prove (oneself or another) to be of unsound mind.

verb (used with object)
4. to become ineffectual or impaired, especially through frustrating, stifling, or deadening conditions: Without novelty the mind can stultify.

OTHER WORDS FROM STULTIFY
stul·ti·fi·ca·tion [stuhl-tuh fi-key shuhn], noun
stul·ti·fi·er, noun
stul·ti·fy·ing·ly, adverb
non·stul·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun

WORDS RELATED TO STULTIFY
mock, cripple, hinder, negate, prevent, smother, stifle, suffocate, impair, inhibit, nullify, make a fool of, ridiculous

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OTHER WORDS FOR STULTIFY
2. cripple, impede, frustrate, hinder, thwart.

Origin: First recorded in1760–70; from Late Latin stultificāre, equivalent to Latin stult(us) “stupid” + -i- -i- + -ficāre -fy

HOW TO USE STULTIFY IN A SENTENCE
It occurred to him that modern education existed largely to stultify independent thought.
SECURITY|POUL WILLIAM ANDERSON

"To thank men like Cowan, who did not desire to enfranchise woman any more than the negro, was to stultify ourselves," he said.
THE COLLEGE, THE MARKET, AND THE COURT|CAROLINE H. DALL

The latter has allowed its prejudices and its feelings to obliterate or to stultify its reason.
ISLAM HER MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUE|ARTHUR GLYN LEONARD

Link-torches, unless of the best pitch-pine (Pinus resinosa), do not burn with sufficient brightness to stultify the pigeons.
THE HUNTERS' FEAST|MAYNE REID

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