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Definition of Stultification
1. Noun. Derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent.
2. Noun. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine).
Generic synonyms: Debasement, Degradation
Derivative terms: Deaden, Deaden
Definition of Stultification
1. n. The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.
Definition of Stultification
1. Noun. The process of making stultified. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stultification
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stultification
Literary usage of Stultification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"SELF-stultification. The highest, most deliberate, peremptory, and solemn instance
perhaps on record, of this species of absurdity, is the dismissal of his ..."
2. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity: With References to the Scotch and by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1880)
"The maxim as to Self-stultification considered.— It was a maxim of the common
law, and was affirmed by Lord Coke, that " a man shall not be allowed to ..."
3. The Failure of Lord Curzon: A Study in "imperialism" by Charles James O'Donnell (1903)
"... of a century been trying to get rid of the Punjab civil control, but under
strong Viceroys like Lords Lansdowne, Dufferin, and Elgin stultification. ..."
4. The Democratic Party of the State of Ohio: A Comprehensive History of by Thomas Edward Powell, James E. Campbell, Claude Meeker, H. A. Jameson (1913)
"... Tilden Campaign—Tilden Elected But Counted Out By the Electoral Commission—The
stultification of Hayes and Resentment of Democrats All Over the Country. ..."
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