stultificatoryadj.
/ˌstʌltɪfɪˈkeɪtəri/ = stultifying adj. at stultify v. Derivatives.
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stultificatory1931
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 400/2 Further penetration into the processes of the universe is self-stultificatory.
1972 D. Bell in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind I. vi. 180 A transcendental and intuitionist philosophy which Mill saw as internally inconsistent, obscurantist, and stultificatory of the progress of both science and philosophy.
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