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stultification|ˌstʌltɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[n. of action f. stultify v.: see -fication.]
The action of the vb. stultify, the state of being stultified; an instance of this.
1832Whistle-binkie Ser. i. (1839) 95 Whilst others contrive with their speeches and songs, To complete her stultification, O. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. x, ‘But as to the Market Cross, that came down a year before he was born.’ ‘It was the Town Council!’ said Ethel. ‘One of the ordinary stultifications of Town Councils?’ 1901‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness xi. 225 Result as before, the daily arrival of refugees and a great stultification of the dominant Power. |